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Location: Toronto, ON
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October 15th, 2007, 08:57 AM
Quoting Tonington
Anyone who actually reads the green party platform will see that they are not a one issue party. As Niflmir says, there is a difference between one issue platform and a platform based on a singular principle. Marijuana party, one issue platform. Green party clearly is not. Though I doubt that detractors would actually read their platform before making such statements.
http://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform...n_party_vision
http://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform...n_party_vision
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As someone who earns more than $45K/year I find this statement enough to prevent my voting for them. Reforming is usually a nice word for increasing.
We will reform the tax system so that our spending better reflects the goals of a healthy and safe Canada.
October 15th, 2007, 09:19 AM
Well, they won't be for everybody. They want to lower taxes for people under 45,000 a year, but that doesn't mean increasing it necessarily for say a 50,000 earner. The crux of their tax plan is to shift more taxes to corporations. Corporate taxes fell by 8% while corporate profit bloomed. Also to study different regimes say between us and other developed nations, to find a best of kind of thing.
Well, they won't be for everybody. They want to lower taxes for people under 45,000 a year, but that doesn't mean increasing it necessarily for say a 50,000 earner. The crux of their tax plan is to shift more taxes to corporations. Corporate taxes fell by 8% while corporate profit bloomed. Also to study different regimes say between us and other developed nations, to find a best of kind of thing.
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Location: Toronto, ON
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October 15th, 2007, 09:54 AM
Quoting Tonington
They need to be more specific. That is one of the reasons I can't support them. The canidates I have heard and the platform I have read has always been very vague and unclear. That is relative to the big 3 parties which are certainly not the models of clarity either.
Well, they won't be for everybody. They want to lower taxes for people under 45,000 a year, but that doesn't mean increasing it necessarily for say a 50,000 earner. The crux of their tax plan is to shift more taxes to corporations. Corporate taxes fell by 8% while corporate profit bloomed. Also to study different regimes say between us and other developed nations, to find a best of kind of thing.
A modern nomad
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Location: Berlin, Germany
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October 15th, 2007, 09:58 AM
Quoting IdRatherBeSkiing
Clear rhetoric is the third rail for our parliamentary system. Voters in Canada are far too reactionary. One clear statement and the failings of your governance will be made clear, sealing your political fate. A vague promise can always be made to seem accomplished.
They need to be more specific. That is one of the reasons I can't support them. The canidates I have heard and the platform I have read has always been very vague and unclear. That is relative to the big 3 parties which are certainly not the models of clarity either.
October 15th, 2007, 10:03 AM
I find platforms to be basically the equivalent of a parties "throne speech." It is the principles that are raised, rarely are they specific. If they were specific, they would be long treatises and more than likely the prospective voter would be asleep before they finished.
I find platforms to be basically the equivalent of a parties "throne speech." It is the principles that are raised, rarely are they specific. If they were specific, they would be long treatises and more than likely the prospective voter would be asleep before they finished.
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October 15th, 2007, 11:18 AM
Quoting Tonington
That may be true but for a new party trying to share its ideas with the masses it may be a good thing to do. People may be more likely to jump into the deep unknown if they have a clearer idea of what that unknown actually is. If the party ever wants to be a real force, not just a media side story, they need to start acting like they are not just a bunch of college kids in the basement with a website.
I find platforms to be basically the equivalent of a parties "throne speech." It is the principles that are raised, rarely are they specific. If they were specific, they would be long treatises and more than likely the prospective voter would be asleep before they finished.
