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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I read this article over my morning coffee to-day. I love to hate Stephen Harper, but I think going after him for a single piece of lofty supply-side rhetoric is a little goofy. Of course he doesn't really think that taxes are always bad in every situation. If he did, he would be cutting spending to the military and other programs and slashing the income tax rate would be his first priority. It's just rhetoric. And that's part of politics--a game that I happen to think Harper is not very good at--but it's silly to fault him for trying to play it.
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I agree that it's political mincing.
However, the statement is absurd and one of the most ideologically radical statements made by a Prime Minister in a long time.
Equivalent to a PM stating that he doesn't trust the private sector.
All around weird thing to say. I'm not sure there's alot of political hay to make to say you hate all taxes. Especially as your population is aging, you're running huge deficits, you're bailing out corporations for billions of dollars, supporting a war in Afghanistan.