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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10664490)
For a start, raise the class sizes to at least 38 and cut a third of the teachers, all of the school counsellors, all the VP's, all the teacher aides and make parents pay for the extra services for their special needs children [watch how many kids miraculously disappear off "the spectrum", then].
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10664497)
Fair enough, tax the rich but they take the piss with all their hidden sales taxes which disproportionally target the poor.
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
(Post 10664478)
So how does BC plan on eliminating the 57 BILLION in debt it currently has?
Answers on the back of a postage stamp please.
Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
(Post 10664488)
I don't care about taxes. I know people get all whipped up about it, but I couldn't give a shit. I'm all for a bit of the old distribution of wealth :thumbup:
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by JonboyE
(Post 10664603)
It doesn't need to. Eliminating the deficit is important, the debt not so much.
Me too. The difficulty is in creating the wealth to distribute. We are in a region of low tax jurisdictions so if we don't remain competitive tax-wise then business will just up sticks and move. |
Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
(Post 10664501)
I don't really know.
Libs - keep us in cos all the alternatives suck NDP - vote for us cos we're not the Libs Green - pipelines and tankers booo Conservatives - the 1950's were the high point of civilisation, let's bring them back. |
Re: BC Election
Liberals have been in power too long, so their becoming lazy and incompetent. If they get in, expect more wasteful spending, lack of any sort of progress, etc.
The NDP are in the pockets of the unions, if they get in power expect more strikes, more union actions. I have no idea what their policies are as Adrian Dix never makes it clear. For the Conservatives, they're the only party I agree with the most when it comes to most of their policies. Whenever the Liberals get low on money, they always turn to the taxpayer to raise more, instead of first looking to cut the inefficiencies, and the Conservatives have been criticizing that approach, in addition to much of the Liberals other wasteful spending. Also, one of their candidates is Ian Tootill, who I am familiar with as he runs SENSE BC, an organization that campaigns to raise the speed limits to international standards, which I think most people on here will agree is something that needs to be done. I don't feel like they are particularly backwards, not sure why people have gotten that impression - the federal cons are definitely a bit backwards when it comes to social policy but I'm not sure if the BC cons would be the same way. Even though the NDP are riding high in the polls right now, it's pretty much a negative-vote against the Liberals. I expect when people get in that voting booth, they are going to go "what am I voting for again?" and just fall back to the Libs. |
Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by CanadaJimmy
(Post 10664644)
I don't feel like they are particularly backwards, not sure why people have gotten that impression - the federal cons are definitely a bit backwards when it comes to social policy but I'm not sure if the BC cons would be the same way.
Even though the NDP are riding high in the polls right now, it's pretty much a negative-vote against the Liberals. I expect when people get in that voting booth, they are going to go "what am I voting for again?" and just fall back to the Libs. |
Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by CanadaJimmy
(Post 10664644)
Liberals have been in power too long, so their becoming lazy and incompetent. If they get in, expect more wasteful spending, lack of any sort of progress, etc.
The NDP are in the pockets of the unions, if they get in power expect more strikes, more union actions. I have no idea what their policies are as Adrian Dix never makes it clear. For the Conservatives, they're the only party I agree with the most when it comes to most of their policies. Whenever the Liberals get low on money, they always turn to the taxpayer to raise more, instead of first looking to cut the inefficiencies, and the Conservatives have been criticizing that approach, in addition to much of the Liberals other wasteful spending. Also, one of their candidates is Ian Tootill, who I am familiar with as he runs SENSE BC, an organization that campaigns to raise the speed limits to international standards, which I think most people on here will agree is something that needs to be done. I don't feel like they are particularly backwards, not sure why people have gotten that impression - the federal cons are definitely a bit backwards when it comes to social policy but I'm not sure if the BC cons would be the same way. Even though the NDP are riding high in the polls right now, it's pretty much a negative-vote against the Liberals. I expect when people get in that voting booth, they are going to go "what am I voting for again?" and just fall back to the Libs. |
Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
(Post 10664670)
Oh yes they do, they've just had to damp it down a lot for this electorate. I know some BC Conservative supporters and they are very much on the traditional values side of things.
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by JonboyE
(Post 10664603)
It doesn't need to. Eliminating the deficit is important, the debt not so much.
Me too. The difficulty is in creating the wealth to distribute. We are in a region of low tax jurisdictions so if we don't remain competitive tax-wise then business will just up sticks and move. |
Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 10664715)
I'm all for redistribution of wealth too. As long as it's not mine :frown:
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10664708)
I suppose that depends on whose and what tradition.
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
(Post 10664835)
Judeo-christian, traditional family roles, etc.
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10664851)
We could do with a bit of that in our house as HID can't cook for shite so subsequently don't. :thumbdown:
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Re: BC Election
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10664851)
We could do with a bit of that in our house as HID can't cook for shite so subsequently don't. :thumbdown:
Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
(Post 10664861)
slap her around a bit then read her some St Paul. She'll get the message. :thumbup:
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