you were doing fine until you stretched your answer. both the EU and the US are bad houses in bad neighborhoods. furthermore Canada does not need additional trade agreements to trade successfully with China and India. one of the few things that could side whack Canada would be the election of a left wing government like in the US>
Your math is, uh, "interesting." Adding $150 billion to $250 billion is a 60% increase. $150 billion added to $400 billion is only a 37.5% increase, which is even better considering the compounding that the 60% increase in debt caused. Do you trade? How do you not understand compounding? As for both parties have reduced corporate tax rates, that lies in direct contradiction to what you just posted-- that the Liberals were increasing taxes. Without blinking an eye you've just sidled away from your statement and accused me of being a Liberal (which is quite insulting.) I am what is called a fiscal conservative and can read raw data and graphs. The Conservatives are unlikely to ever be fiscally conservative. And yes, money is still money whether amortized or not. Those are real checks that Harper is signing away every single day. It's sad that you've given up trying to read raw data in favor of the political equivalent of religious fervor.
Percentage terms aren't relevant in this instance. By your logic, the Conservatives could add another $150 billion to the debt and that would be better than the $150 billion added by the Liberals previously. It behooves me why you can't see that both parties have been guilty of overspending in the past. My argument is that the Conservatives are much more fiscally conservative than any other party in Canada. You can't refute this. If you really want to dig deep, we'll take the discussion back further to the 70's when the Liberals introduced their many, many social policies that raised taxes and spending both. I do trade, and I do understand compounding. You are really stretching your argument thin now... Here is where your ignorance is showing. Corporate income taxes are a very small portion of the Canadian government's tax revenue. Why don't you have a look at the raw data of what the Liberals have done to the income tax rates over the course of Canada's history? What about the 7% VAT known as GST introduced by the Liberals? This was subsequently reduced to 5% by the Conservatives. What about the HST introduced by the Ontario Liberal government? The Liberals have a history of imposing larger taxes on Canadians. That is a fact, no matter how far in the sand you wish to bury your head. Oh please. If you're so upset about the Canadian government buying new jets to replace the current fleet, which is nearing the end of its useful life by the way, what do you propose we equip our Air Force with? I for one am not comfortable with sending our troops into battle with second rate equipment.
The GST was introduced by the Liberals? Huh? The GST was introduced January 1, 1991, by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his finance minister Michael Wilson. So-called "Conservatives." I won't bother reading the rest of your post because it's obvious that you're on another planet.
It's a common error to become fixated of taxes in a deficit economy. What is the point of lowering taxes and replacing the lost revenue with borrowed money? Well the point is that while this practice, so very popular with modern day "conservatives" (not fiscal conservatives, of course), may result, if applied over many years, in a shift of wealth from one segment of society to another. It also increases costs because of interest paid on borrowed money. But these costs are not necessarily distributed in the same proportion among society as a direct tax might be.
The GST was brought in to replace the MST which was 13.5% and was brought in by the Liberal government many moons ago. Burying your head in the sand to the rest of my post will not make the facts disappear.
Women love to show off their beach bodies. Its too cold in Canada to do that so they have less incentive to stay fit?
LOL, i love how flaming liberals like you try to claim you are a "fiscal" conservative, and use numbers like the 90's to try to make it out as though liberals are not the big spenders. The only time in the last 40 years we balanced a budget was due to the tech bubble, and conservatives who forced clinton to do it. If you look at almost every single big spending program we have been saddled with in either country they are all liberal ideas. If you look at all the greedy government unions, they are all liberals, and the people who reward them are liberals. If you look at the provinces with the most debt in canada one theme is constant every single one has been overwhelmingly run by liberals. The only province that is debt free is alberta which also happens to be the only province run only by conservatives for the past 40 years. If you look at every state, the theme is the same, the ones with the highest taxes, and the worst debt are overwhelmingly run by liberals. So dont give me this B.S. that you are a "fiscal conservative" and thats why you vote liberal. Its funny how liberals like you are too ashamed to admit it, and you have to make up fairy tales to justify your unpopular political beliefs.