Wrong way to go, Mr. Harper. Why are we always trying to switch places with the Americans? They want to raise consumption taxes while adding public health insurance. As an aside, the GST has it's own website???
Rick Mercer mocked Americans by finding the most ignorant of them, feeding them plausible lies, and recording them for broadcast on Canadian TV. Maybe he had it backwards. Maybe some ignorance is the natural state of affairs, and it is we Canadians who are unhealthily obsessed with our southern neighbours.
What interests me is how often the US and Canada seem to be trying to switch places with each other.
The classic example is how Canadians want more private health care options (well, Alberta politicians do), but Americans want to move to a public health care system — Canadian style.
Now, though, I read that Americans are exploring the idea of a carbon tax — seriously — just after Canadians resoundingly rejected one. I love a carbon tax, for the record, but the sales job was poor.
And, when it comes to stimulus, Harper and his cronies want more tax cuts — including a suspension of the GST for up to six months, according to one suggestion. America’s thoughts when it comes to sales taxes? They’d be good for the economy and they should introduce a national one!
How can we be so at odds? Our economies are similar, our situations are similar, our goals are similar — but our prescriptions are at complete odds with each other? It’s ridiculous.
Grant Hamilton
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