Harper predicts pain at gas pumps if Layton is in power

ironsides

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Maybe one of you geniuses can tell me what Harper has to do with gas prices in Europe.

Better yet, what does Harper have to do with gas prices in Canada? Like Obama he is one man and can only recommend, it is the other lunatics (Congress - Parliament etc.) we elect who can control prices.
 

gerryh

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Better yet, what does Harper have to do with gas prices in Canada? Like Obama he is one man and can only recommend, it is the other lunatics (Congress - Parliament etc.) we elect who can control prices.



again, yet Harper is "predicting" that gas prices will rise 10 cents/litre if Layton is "in power". If Harper has nothing to do with increased prices then neither will Layton. It is just desperate fear mongering on Harpers part. The man knows that he will lose the leadership of the conservative party if he shows anything less than a majority.
 

taxslave

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Better yet, what does Harper have to do with gas prices in Canada? Like Obama he is one man and can only recommend, it is the other lunatics (Congress - Parliament etc.) we elect who can control prices.

Actually under Canada's system Harper could do something about theft at the pumps if he chose to. There is however no political will by any party to protect consumers from price gouging because some taxes increase in step with price increases and most pension plans are raking in loot from their investments in oil.
 

Retired_Can_Soldier

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I have dificulty respecting the opinion of somone who brags about spending 20 years taking orders on how to dress and how to think!

Really? I can't remember bragging about spending 20 years taking orders and being told how to dress.

Could you provide a link to that post? It must have slipped my mind.

Of course anyone who has the slightest inkling would know that our armed forces is a volunteer organization and those who choose to serve this great Country of ours do so of their own accord and with pride.

I realize you don't understand that, and have no respect for the Canadian military or its men and women.

No sweat Jack, I would not ask for your respect.

In fact, I might do some soul searching if I were held up as role model by a guy who would use a swastika as an avatar and had such a poor grasp of the English language that by comparison he made George W Bush look like literary scholar.

Cheers
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JLM

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gerryh;1418635[B said:
]LOL, I suppose you still think Harpers getting a majority[/B]. Your hero is done like toast after this election. You will see the cons turfing Harper and electing a new leader, the same with the Libs after this election.

If you are betting big bucks, keep your day job.
 

cranky

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A friend of mine owns a Shell station, rumour made it down to him that prices are going up on Tuesday morning. the exact amount depends on the election results.
 

cranky

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I know which line up you were in, when god was handing out brains and brawn

you went running for the blue light special. Quantity instead of quality, huh?
 
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JLM

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Pain at the pumps if Layton gets elected? You are kidding right? I live in BC we have pain
at the pumps brought to us by that other coalition the Liberals and the Conservatives who
imposed the environmental tax that just keeps on taking. I predict if Harper gets a majority
and continues to sell out our country with endless free trade deals, we will all suffer and we
will have to give away even a bigger share of our natural resourses in deals like NAFTA.
Want to see real pain? Allow the current government to continue to overspend by billions
for another three or four years, while giving tax breaks to the richest Canadians and companies.
Oh there will be pain alright. Actually I think Layton would be more responsible than the others.
How are we going to pay for it you ask? The rich, the banks, and those freeloaders the
multinationals will be paying more and someday may be expected to pay their share of the
tax burden that all of us bear. If they want to use our resourses and they want to do business
in Canada, then they should at least pay their share.

Let's take a look at the income tax structure, according to the chart those with a taxable income above $128,000 pay almost double the rate of the low and middle income, so I don't see what tax breaks the richest Canadians are getting. Old Abraham Lincoln had it figured out that you can not help the poor by taxing the rich and that myth lives on until this day. Rich people hire people, rich people buy big ticket items hence indirectly creating employment, rich people donate to charities, but regardless of all that the figures posted below do not support that premise.

What are the income tax rates in Canada?
 

Unforgiven

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Really? I can't remember bragging about spending 20 years taking orders and being told how to dress.

Cheers
M

You remember, we were all standing round in your back yard by the shed drinking beer and your wife came out, and you shouted at us, married life sure was great and popping the collar on that yellow wind breaker ensemble was going to be your signature that year. lol

 

cranky

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The NDP parties in BC are famous for giving tax breaks to the richest and greediest Union workers, so what is your point?
 

Retired_Can_Soldier

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You remember, we were all standing round in your back yard by the shed drinking beer and your wife came out, and you shouted at us, married life sure was great and popping the collar on that yellow wind breaker ensemble was going to be your signature that year. lol


Yeah, I remember that. But I don't remember posting about it. Hell, I was so wasted I couldn't see the key to post.