[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well its not "jacking up the tax rates" to use your term. Its just not cutting the last cut that the CPC wants to. Frankly the rates have come down from about 23% in 2005 to 18% now IIRC. Any study that you find is going to be influenced by the party paying for the study.

I can definitely see the benefits of a lower corporate tax regime. At the same time I see countries like Ireland which had ridiculously low taxes for corporations and then their economies were smashed to bits in the crisis. That is of some concern. I also think that alot of the services and programs funded by tax dollars are of great benefit to the corporations here. They don't have to spend on healthcare for example, whereas to the south of us there are additional expenses there to be concerned about as an employer.

I am a free market capitalist....but someone has to pay. I guess for that sort of rationale I'm both on the fence, and somewhere in the middle of what to do. By default then I actually think that the Liberal plan fits me better...seems to be a case where the NDP will say its too low still and the CPC will say its too high.

Ireland in a lot of ways is not Canada, even with a business friendly tax. the rest of their infrastructure was completely messed up.

And if they're hiring Canadians to work in those companies then how do social programs effect their ability to hire? Those are universal.