Thursday, February 08, 2007
Flaherty v. Homeless and Pensioners
Finance Minister Flaherty's intransigent position on Income Trusts was cemented on January 31, when he was quoted in the media as saying: "I am not prepared to sacrifice the interests of millions of hard-working Canadians who pay their taxes and play by the rules so that a select group of special interests can enjoy a tax holiday,..." *
By implication, Mr. Flaherty has accused those who invested in income trusts (a million or so people) of not being hard-working and part of a group of special interests who enjoy a tax holiday.
While such a supposition is nothing short of arrogant and ruthless, not to mention untrue, it should come as no surprise when Mr. Flaherty, in the not too distant past, advocated the jailing of homeless people.
*Globe and Mail, January 31, 2007
By implication, Mr. Flaherty has accused those who invested in income trusts (a million or so people) of not being hard-working and part of a group of special interests who enjoy a tax holiday.
While such a supposition is nothing short of arrogant and ruthless, not to mention untrue, it should come as no surprise when Mr. Flaherty, in the not too distant past, advocated the jailing of homeless people.
*Globe and Mail, January 31, 2007
Labels: Conservatives, homelessness, income trusts, Jim Flaherty
