Comments on: My attempt at a segue

By: kwittet

kwittet — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:44:14 +0000

Joseph…again above all you do is berate my comments but nver any ideas on how the Libs or any party could do better. Yes the Libs managed the economy in MUCH BETTER GLOBAL times. Unfortunately they did it by slashing transfer payments and dumping them on the provinces then the provinces had no choice but to dump on cities and towns. We are now paying for the crumbling infrastructure. This infrastructure didn’t just start to fall apart in the last 3 years so your argument is lame.
I agree with you that he has not handled it in the best manor. I repeat that because you missed that point. We are stuck in debt because of 2 major factors. The whole world economy has tanked and I don’t care who is in power that is the way it is goijng to have to be for now. Do I like it? NO. Do you think Harper likes running massive deficits to keep the economy just barely afloat? I’m quite sure that he also does not.
The second reason is that when we have (in my opinion) this stupid system where the party voted in by the majority of people who voted cant lead because the rest of the partys together can hold up any kind of legislation or anything that may in your’s or my opinion help out thier hands are tied. We pay these people to run our country yet all this political BS going on and not much is getting done. We need a system where who ever is elected is given the keys to the car to drive it anywhere they want. If they F**k it up then next election they get their asses turfed and try something new.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:52:15 +0000

Kwittet,

What part of “Harper has been PM since 2006″ do you really not understand?

Seriously.

The Liberals did manage the economy for over a decade. They kept the financial systems strong, they balanced the budget, they paid down the debt.

The Conservatives came to power, presented and managed their own budgets, tossed funds around like candy to “key” ridings, they cut the fat (clear to the bone), and now we’re all stuck in a growing deficit hole because they MISMANAGED the economy.

That is not the Liberal’s faults. It’s not the NDPs fault. It’s not the Bloc’s fault.

Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister and HE is responsible for the wise execution of his government. No one else.

He has failed to keep Canada’s financial health in order. And all you want is a plausible way for him – as you put it – to “wipe his hands of it.”

That is not leadership. That is failure.

By: kwittet

kwittet — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:02:09 +0000

@Joseph, THE LIBS VOTED FOR IT so it must have been good enough for your leadership? You say you want a real leader then why did he vote for it? How hypocriticalYou dont think that the people will spend most of that 6 billion back into the economy? I have said time and time again that I dont think that Harper has handled the economy in the best way but I see him saying and doing things. All I hear from liberals is how they can do better and a whole lot of bitching and complaining about Harper but never any concrete ideas on how they would do better! I can think of many ways to save or get back the 6 billion right now that would offset that lost revenue but the softys would SCREAM at the top of thier lungs that I am a cruel insensitive bastard.
Get rid of the Senate. there’s millions.
Pull out of Afghanistan..theres a few billion.
Stop immigration for now to help get people off welfare that are capable of working.
NO ELECTION..300 million not spent.
Eliminate the Bloc from federal politics..they never run a national campaign so they should NOT get federal dollars.
Revamp the pension system for all politicians so that they have to serve at least 12 years to collect a full pension and then they can only start to collect it at age 65 like the rest of us.
Dam..I could cut so much fat.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:17:15 +0000

Oh, how to say this delicately . . .

BULLSHIT

The GST cuts alone take out at least $6 Billion per year, and that clock just keeps ticking with every passing year.

The Stimulus is nowhere near $50 Billion but nice try making it sound like that’s the reason alone. There was a structural deficit brewing – and which Harper and Flaherty lied about BEFORE Harper’s lame proroguing maneuver.

And Federal spending was up big-time in the years prior to the recession, squandering the surplus when it existed.

So, again, let’s state it clearly.

BULLSHIT

This is Harper’s deficit. It’s his government. And if his only plan is to “wipe his hands of it,” then why doesn’t he resign today.

Canada needs leadership, not an incompetent who can’t even take responsibility for his decisions.

By: Big Winnie

Big Winnie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:49:22 +0000

Harper broke his own fixed election law to spend $300million on an election no one wanted (still waiting for the decision)…He’s had 11 months to work cooperatvely with the opposition and has failed to do so. The Liberals tried working with Harper but you can’t work with someone who doesn’t give a damn about Canadians! Now, I’d say this parliament is dysfunctional. As for the coalition, it is perfectly LEGAL in our system but you CONS don’t seem to get it…Harper lied about the recession, deficit, wanting to work with the other parties (nice video by the way)and instead of telling Canadians what they would do, they run attack ads, trying to scare the Canadian public. I’ve also never heard of a sitting PM sue Elections Canada (In/Out scandal.

By: kwittet

kwittet — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:07:47 +0000

@Joseph, the “$50 billion hole” is one created by the Liberals in cooperation with the Bloc and NDP. It was the attempted coup d’état, or coalition of Liberals, Bloc and NDP (aka “political suicide”), that forced Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hand, leaving him no choice but to implement a left-wing, socialist, Big-Government budget. The deficit Canadians see now is the product of the opposition parties’ blackmail. The Conservatives, while not exactly fiscal conservatives before the economic crisis started, can easily wash their hands of this “$50 billion hole”.

By: kwittet

kwittet — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:50:59 +0000

@The Equivocator, You say Prairie Kid is wrong in that the liberals would have saved thousands of jobs then you go into your rant about cutting funding yet mention nothing about HOW they would have done this? You say the budget passed was forced upon them by the liberals to save jobs eh? Great job..it really worked well!!So..we are all patiently waiting for your oh so wise words on how Iggy and the Libs were going to be the only country in the world to not have any job losses in the worst global recession in decades?

By: kwittet

kwittet — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:46:35 +0000

@Big Winnie, any party appointing senators in this archaic system is wrong. Calling an election and wasting 300 million was a bad idea. But i guess when the polls say Canadians don't want an election but Iggy does then wasting another 300 million is ok now? How hypocritical! The polls suggest another minority no matter what party wins( can we call it a win with a minority?)

By: kwittet

kwittet — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:30:22 +0000

quote from above”small people talk about other people”

this is so dam funny. You sit there and slam Harper for doing these things(and he is wrong to be doing them) YET YOU ARE DOING THE SAME THING???

dam..now I am doing it..what a vicious circle

By: kwittet

kwittet — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:27:49 +0000

@Prairie Kid, Its Liberal policy to make it up as they go. Hold the finger to the wind and see which way it is blowing that day!!