Don’t be surprised by Liberal taxation hypocrisy
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Actually they love rich people. Right up to the point where they have stolen all the riches for themselves. They don't care at all for th poor except as a control.
Tom Parkin duly slams the Libs for a "middle class" tax message being used to sell a giveaway to the rich:
There’s been massive anger at U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent “middle class tax cut”—and especially his deceptiveness, since his tax cut actually pays the biggest benefit to affluent Americans, not the middle class.
Oddly, there’s been very little analysis of our own Finance Minister’s “middle class tax cut”—which, like Trump’s, pays the maximum benefit to highest incomes.
So let’s start.
Here’s the blunt facts: the tax cut by Finance Minister Bill Morneau gives $0 to anyone earning under about $45,000. Then the benefit starts phasing in. At $90,000, the benefit is $670. And every person earning over $90,000—even people with million dollar paycheques—gets the $670.
University of Laval economist Stephen Gordon recently pointed out that a $90,000 income is in the top 10% in Canada.
And according to Statistics Canada’s most recent full report of tax filing data, the middle point of Canadian incomes was $33,920 in 2015. That means half of all income earners are above $33,920, half are below.
The facts don’t lie. Morneau is giving $670 a year to everyone with a top 10% income. He’s giving $0 to actual middle income earners. His words are deceptive. It’s a tax cut for the affluent.
Of course, nobody would vote for an upper class cut taxes. So the Liberals said it was a middle class tax cut and hoped you wouldn’t figure it out.
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PARKIN: The blunt facts about Morneau’s tax cut for the rich | Toronto Sun
There’s been massive anger at U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent “middle class tax cut”—and especially his deceptiveness, since his tax cut actually pays the biggest benefit to affluent Americans, not the middle class.
Oddly, there’s been very little analysis of our own Finance Minister’s “middle class tax cut”—which, like Trump’s, pays the maximum benefit to highest incomes.
So let’s start.
Here’s the blunt facts: the tax cut by Finance Minister Bill Morneau gives $0 to anyone earning under about $45,000. Then the benefit starts phasing in. At $90,000, the benefit is $670. And every person earning over $90,000—even people with million dollar paycheques—gets the $670.
University of Laval economist Stephen Gordon recently pointed out that a $90,000 income is in the top 10% in Canada.
And according to Statistics Canada’s most recent full report of tax filing data, the middle point of Canadian incomes was $33,920 in 2015. That means half of all income earners are above $33,920, half are below.
The facts don’t lie. Morneau is giving $670 a year to everyone with a top 10% income. He’s giving $0 to actual middle income earners. His words are deceptive. It’s a tax cut for the affluent.
Of course, nobody would vote for an upper class cut taxes. So the Liberals said it was a middle class tax cut and hoped you wouldn’t figure it out.
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PARKIN: The blunt facts about Morneau’s tax cut for the rich | Toronto Sun
We got the government the majority voted for. Harper shouldn't have made a ban on the Niqab the centerpiece of his campaign. Voter backlash was fierce, because whether you agree or disagree with the issue, we can all agree the government should spend more time running the country rather than telling people what to wear.
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Unless it's Quebec, Quebec is the bread basket of all that is great in Prime Ministers and should be able to not only tell people what to wear, but all the other provinces what to do. Which is why we need more politicians from Quebec than Alberta. Because when we have politicians from Quebec the country is run better.
--The Liberal Mantra
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Unless it's Quebec, Quebec is the bread basket of all that is great in Prime Ministers and should be able to not only tell people what to wear, but all the other provinces what to do. Which is why we need more politicians from Quebec than Alberta. Because when we have politicians from Quebec the country is run better.
--The Liberal Mantra