Under Liberal government I always lost money either through income tax or investment tax
Under Conservative government I always made money.
Since being retired my income has been pretty much fixed and cashing the same amount of RRSP's every year
Three years ago I received a $300tax refund last year and this year...with the same income and the same tax paid I receive $2000 last year and $2500 this year and they say that conservatives only give tax breaks to the rich......
Will Harper get my vote at the next election?...Hell Yes
So you received a check for 2500 $ last year? Bully for you. Do you know how Harper got that money? Perhaps you don’t. Or maybe you do, but choose to ignore it.
Well, let me explain to you in simple terms. Harper borrowed it from your children and your grandchildren. When he came to office, there was no deficit, now he is running a deficit of more than 30 billion $. That means that he has borrowed more than 1000 $ from each and every Canadian, including infants.
So let us say you have two kids and three grandkids. That means Harper has borrowed more than 5000 $ from them and out of that he gave you 2500 $. Wasn’t that generous of him? The guy must be an economic genius.
You say you are going to vote Conservative and that is your right. Maybe in his next term, Harper will borrow more than 10,000 $ from your kids and grandkids and return 5000 $ out of that to you. Wouldn’t that be neat? Think how much better off you will be compared to today.
You didn’t’ get any money from government when Liberals were in power, because Liberals do not believe in borrowing from your children and your grandchildren. They believe in creating favorable business environment so that you can earn your own money.
That is why you had to pay investment tax when liberals were in power, you had investment income. The reason you don’t pay it now is that you haven’t investment income. If you had any investment, do you really think Harper is going to let you keep all of it without paying any investment tax?
But you are mad at liberals because you had to pay investment tax on your investment income. You like Conservatives because you did not have any investment income after they came to power. Talk of deluded.