Rev, too many things to respond to again. I will say that every party has idiots in it, and the liberals and NDP are no exception. I have said that I do not support Randy White. And calling Harper a bigot is not true, but by your definition, then Reg Alcott and Joe Volpe must be bigots too.
Eight balanced budgets are not hard to do when you increase the revenue streams, but cut no programs. And yes, tax rates are higher now than 1993, look it up. They are lower than 2000, true, but much higher than 1993 when the LIberals came to power, so your argument does not wash. And CPP has muliplied many times, and the EI surplus of $46billion came from workers, and employers of all sides. So even if tax rates are not down from a few years ago, CPP is up and the EI surplus of $46billion is taken into consideration in your balanced budget scenario. This is even without mentioning again the billions hidden in foundations accounts. The money to balance the budget came from increased tax, cpp and ei rates over the entire 12 years, and all of that either comes from employees or employers. Either way, balancing the budget did not come from reducing spending, just increasing revenue streams, primarily from workers or people creating jobs.
Eight balanced budgets are not hard to do when you increase the revenue streams, but cut no programs. And yes, tax rates are higher now than 1993, look it up. They are lower than 2000, true, but much higher than 1993 when the LIberals came to power, so your argument does not wash. And CPP has muliplied many times, and the EI surplus of $46billion came from workers, and employers of all sides. So even if tax rates are not down from a few years ago, CPP is up and the EI surplus of $46billion is taken into consideration in your balanced budget scenario. This is even without mentioning again the billions hidden in foundations accounts. The money to balance the budget came from increased tax, cpp and ei rates over the entire 12 years, and all of that either comes from employees or employers. Either way, balancing the budget did not come from reducing spending, just increasing revenue streams, primarily from workers or people creating jobs.
