Quiz

[Reverend Blair]

If you vote for them, since you agree with their policies, they can become more, Das. The same goes for any other party out there.

The idea that we have to make a choice between the Liberals and the Conservatives is not only silly, but puts us in a political straightjacket. Everybody says they want change, everybody bitches about our current crop of politicians, but most people are afraid to actually vote for what they believe in. A majority don't seem to even bother to ask what the policies are or what issues those policies are based on.

Voting for one of two parties, neither of which have policies that you like, will never change things. There are plenty of parties out there to choose from and if none of them have a candidate in your riding, you can always run for them.

 

[Jay]

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Actually the NDP would work to reduce taxes for working people, MMMikey. That's always been part of what they stand for. Keep on with the fear mongering though...I guess you must have noticed that the CPC is losing to NDP in several parts of Canada so you've decided to fire up the fear mongering.

If the NDP worked to reduce taxes for working people, they would only raise tax levels on corporations and such and there won't be any working people....We know this already, and it isn't a scare tactic...it is a bad policy.

 

[Reverend Blair]

There is nothing in the NDP policy that indicates that, Jay. You are...how should I put this...pulling things out of your ass.

 

[zenfisher]

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Actually the NDP would work to reduce taxes for working people, MMMikey. That's always been part of what they stand for. Keep on with the fear mongering though...I guess you must have noticed that the CPC is losing to NDP in several parts of Canada so you've decided to fire up the fear mongering.

If the NDP worked to reduce taxes for working people, they would only raise tax levels on corporations and such and there won't be any working people....We know this already, and it isn't a scare tactic...it is a bad policy.

That is fearmongering put out by corporations. " If you raise our taxes we will have no choice but:
1. to close down
2. to lay off workers
3. to raise prices.

They work within a market system. The price is controlled by what the market supply and demand is. If they need to hire more workers to meet the demand they do.If the raise prices and people stop buying their product the price lowers. If they close down they lose the opprtunity to make money. Coprorations do what is necessary to make their profit. They adjust to the situation.

 

[Reverend Blair]

I always laugh when I hear about how dangerous and fiscally irresponsible the NDP is. Having spent most of my life in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, I've seen that they are more fiscally responsible than the various incarnations of the Conservative Party.

The corporations live in extreme bloody terror that they will have to deal with a government that dares to talk back to them. That's the real problem.

When they hear Jack Layton say that tax cuts and subsidies will be targeted and that corporations will have to meet their goals to get them, the CEOs freak out. They are terrified of performance-based reviews.

 

[no1important]

They like to bring up the BC NDP all the time too. But Glen Clark was acquitted. They seem to forget that.

Yeah they bring up fast ferries but who sold them for nothing? Gordon Campbell.

The RAV/Canada line is becoming the Liberal version of the fast ferries.

Who is a convicted criminal? Not Glen Clark but Gordon "gimme another drink" Campbell.

 

[Reverend Blair]

They don't like to talk about the SoCreds in your province either, No1. We all remember Vanderzalm though...he was just another conservative criminal. Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen are likely the only ones in Canada who miss him.

The Conservative Party in Saskatchewan was so crooked that they had to change their name in an attempt to escape the stigma of their MLAs going to prison and the devastation caused by their lack of management ability.

Here in Manitoba, Gary Filmon first sold off MTS's high tech assets to his buddies at fire sale prices, then privatised the crown corporation. My phone rates have been rising ever since.

Members of the Filmon conservatives also tried to split the left vote by running a phoney candidate, and Vic Toews, now an MP for the federal Conservatives, recently pleaded guilty to breaking provincial election spending laws in the last provincial election.

The CPC has as much corruption within it as the Liberals do, has some very questionable economic policies, and yet they expect us to vote for them.