Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!csc From: csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Let those who vote Liberal pay off the deficit. Message-ID: <8537@watmath.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 11:41:41 EDT Article-I.D.: watmath.8537 Posted: Thu Aug 2 11:41:41 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Aug-84 23:13:37 EDT References: <1@utecfc.UUCP>, <2903@watcgl.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 15 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