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Originally Posted by Slava
What pension plan?
The CTF is a joke. First of all it's the old "to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail" issue. When the economy is hot they want taxes cut. When times are tough, cut taxes. It's just not sensible.
The other thing that drives me up the wall is that they are a pure special interest group and purely in it for their own political gain. Who would comprise the CTF? Well, obviously any citizen should? We all pay taxes. We are Canadian citizens. Yet they come out and make political endorsements and virtually campaign for candidates.
The Wildrose is not the great model of fiscal conservatism either. The committee in question had two MLAs who gladly took the money. When the MLA pay raises were doled out three of the four said absolutely nothing that I'm aware of (Hinman wasn't elected yet). The only party that voted against the raises was the Liberal party in fact.
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Nice rant but these statements are factually incorrect. The CTF do not endorse or campaign for any politician or party. They do not operate for politcial gain because they are not a political party and have no political affiliations. If special interest groups are a reality, what better special interest group could you have than an organization that advocates for efficient use of tax dollars while being funded completely by donations? Lastly, the CTF do not advocate 'no taxation' as you imply. The CTF, through their own research, support quite a number of government programs that they believe bring good value for the taxpayer buck.