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From: csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Let those who vote Liberal pay off the deficit.
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Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 11:41:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 11:41:41 1984
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A minimum tax on income over 50,000 is a good idea, and I hope that
both Liberals and Conservatives also adopt this policy. (The Conservatives
have been playing around with similar ideas but have said nothing
definite (surprise!!)).  However this measure would raise at most about
$200 million, and this is not going to make much of a dent in a $30 billion
deficit.  Also the NDP does not plan to use the money to reduce the
deficit.

    In fact the three major parties have given lip service and nothing more
to the idea of reducing the deficit.  This is probably a good idea from
a political standpoint; we know what happened to the last party that made
even a mild effort to reduce the deficit.  Don't blame the politicians
for wanting to get elected.  We are getting the government we deserve!

                                                     William Hughes