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Liberal or PC? That is the question

19 September 2011 4 Comments

With the election a mere 17 days away, the provincial Progressive Conservative party has not yet plainly defined the ballot question: Are you happy with the programs and policies of Dalton McGuinty and the governing Liberals with the full understanding that if re-elected you will pay more in taxes and fees to support these policies or do you want to stop the growth in the tax burden on you and make government prioritize and spend more smartly?

Simply put, do you want to vote to pay more taxes to keep growing and introducing more public programs or do you want to vote to pay less in taxes and make the government prioritize and curb the spending of your tax dollars?

I have heard all the arguments from both sides. I cannot argue that the McGuinty Liberals have put more money in to healthcare and schools. They have also committed to putting more money into municipalities and green energy alternatives. But of all this comes with a price tag. Ontario is running record high deficits and someone will have to pay for it. And that someone is you.

In tough economic times, government revenue dips and therefore scarce dollars have to be funnelled to priority programs like education and health care. But when the average taxpayer can’t pay anymore, something has to wait until the economy improves. It’s like when you want to buy that new car but your kids need to go to university and your job security isn’t all that stable, you have to decide which is more important. You can’t do both and hope that you can pay off the debt later. What if things don’t work out as planned later? Then what?

So no matter how much I agree with my Liberal friends that many things the Ontario government wants to do are good ideas, I don’t feel like Ontario taxpayers can afford to pay more taxes right now. Therefore, the province needs to cap its spending.

Accordingly, I put it to you clearly: If you want to pay more taxes for more services over the next 4 years, vote Liberal. If you want to hold the line on your tax bill and maybe even reduce it a bit, vote Progressive Conservative. It’s a very simple choice.

4 Comments »

Mary Doreen Thorne said:

I’d'like to know a little more about politic…As far as idees goes evry politicians seems to be in the same circle of indecisions and not been able to direct the society in a better direction…Would you be able to convince me otherwise?

# 19 September 2011 at 9:31 am

BlakeBatson.ca (author) said:

I doubt I can convince you otherwise Mary but that is the reason I wrote this blog today. This election is not about the politicians themselves but about what they will do when in office. If you like what the Liberals are doing and are will to pay more taxes to continue his legacy, vote Liberal. But if you would like to put a halt to higher taxes every year and maybe even get a little break from what you are paying now, the vote PC.

There is no hard logic here. Either choice is fine based on your perspective. Mine is quite clear I think.

# 19 September 2011 at 9:41 am

kevin said:

Don’t forget McGuinty has a history of promising “whatever” to get elected … and then immediately doing whatever he wants. Who values truth anyway?

How can the Liberals even still be in this race? They have ZERO credibility.

Give them another term and perhaps we will drop below PEI in economic performance, that woud make us the very worst performing province instead of just the second worst.

I don’t want the most powerful province in Canada to be a “have not” province, vote PC!!!

# 19 September 2011 at 10:12 pm

ian s said:

When I acted as the general to build my house if a contractor said they would do something and didn’t or hid the fact, I fired them.

Funny how if you are a politician this somehow absolves you of coming good on your promises.

I don’t like people I pay for (all politicians) to lie to me. There is one PROVEN liar and that is McGuinty. Forget the fact he is an abysmal
manager (I won’t say leader)who pissed away all the riches brought in when the auto sector was flying. It’s easy to give money away when times are good. When shit hits the fan you want someone who has a clue. Dalton has proven he is not that person. What does this man have to do before people see him for what he is, a shallow opportunist.

Oh and Dave R. don’t even try asking me to retract this.

# 20 September 2011 at 3:20 pm