tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post6552935230527029856..comments2024-01-07T08:41:13.864-05:00Comments on C A I T I - O N L I N E: The Self Benevolent Tax Policies of Jim FlahertyBrent Fullardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515599756822506137noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-836008013984146922008-04-02T21:01:00.000-04:002008-04-02T21:01:00.000-04:00Let's not forget the "Flaherty Flyer", the Peterbo...Let's not forget the "Flaherty Flyer", the Peterborough to Toronto train that was to run through Flaherty's riding. The train was such an obvious and ridiculous piece of pork for Jimbo it has been placed in the delete bin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-68133332328153413892007-05-24T15:28:00.000-04:002007-05-24T15:28:00.000-04:00At the NDP web site, on the page for Seniors, it s...At the NDP web site, on the page for Seniors, it says "Dignity and security for seniors: Protect hard-earned pensions by ending employer underfunding of pension plans, securing pensions when employers go bankrupt, launching pension insurance and other measures."<BR/><BR/>Obviously, the NDP is only interested in protecting the retirement income of the 30% of Canadians who have employment pensions. The NDP has supported the Tory trust tax lie made against many thousands of seniors who invested in their retirement savings into income trusts. As we can see from the Thunder Energy takeover, the NDP wants the trust assets to be bought for cheap by the under-funded employer pension plans.<BR/><BR/>In my case, the NDP approved fraud against retirement savings outside of employer pension plans will cost me $12,000 a year when my income trusts units are forced off the markets, and I am forced to invest in lower yield corporate debentures.<BR/><BR/>So, Mr. Layton, I’m one of the 70% of Canadians that the NDP does not care about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-33426932731465522842007-05-23T22:44:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:44:00.000-04:00Actually there is a fifth point to be added to Fla...Actually there is a fifth point to be added to Flaherty's self interested tax policies and that is the so called Green Levy on new vehicles where energy efficient vehicles will qualify for rebates of up to $2,000 and energy inefficient vehicles will pay levies of up to $2000. Interesting that the mid sized cars that are produced in Flaherty's Whitby-Oshawa riding at the GM Car Assembly plant qualify for the rebate, not because they are efficient per se, but simply because they can run on gas that is 15% ethanol, eventhough such gas is not even available in Canada and meanwhile his tax levy totally and arbitrarily excludes the full sized gas guzzling pick up trucks that just happen to be assembled at GM's truck assembly plant in Oshawa. Any chance Flaherty was thinking ahead to the next election?<BR/><BR/>For a self serving individual like Flaherty, votes are the equivalent of money in his pocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-73893523999963256542007-05-23T22:14:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:14:00.000-04:00There is in this blog a hint of conflict of intere...There is in this blog a hint of conflict of interest. In matters of everyday commerce and financial reporting, the potential for a conflict of interest may be neutralized, if the said interest is fairly and fully disclosed to the party on the other side. In matters of financial reporting of publicly traded securities, disclosure of a conflict of interest is mandatory in various ways.<BR/><BR/>Has the Finance Minister disclosed how various pieces of legislation will actually or potentially benefit the Government, or employees or officials of the Government? I don’t recall any instance of such disclosure.Kephaloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465553966534955367noreply@blogger.com