Election update

Lots of good stuff out there:

 

Conservatives announce a GST cut to 5% - hey, did I ever write anything about that?  Hmmmm.  It's a brilliant move - every time it comes up, the media or the Cs can talk about the liberals not cutting it after the famous promise in the Red Book.  Everyone hates the GST.  After Christmas, most Canadians will be deeper in debt and looking for something like this.  Did I mention that everyone hates the GST?   Oh, and Charles Adler mentioned in a column yesterday that Canadians are grumpy in January, and grumpiness isn't a good for incumbants.  

 

Oh, but back in the day, Andrew Coyne, no longer blogging for whatever reason, thought cutting the GST is a very bad idea.

 

Look, no one thinks this is the only thing the economy needs - we need tax cuts across the board: on investment, on jobs (EI), on income.  But the GST takes 30B or more from Canadians every year.  Ottawa has huge surpluses.  This is a good idea.  

 

Apparently there is bad Liberal blood in Ontario...

 

Headline of the day: Harper `wrong' but not `scary,' Layton says.  I will say this.  The Liberals have it tough - they get hit from three sides every day, and have to hit back, maintaining that delicate balance.  They will likely shed votes on all three fronts as a result...

 

On a lighter note, check out the Top 199! Liberal Scandals:

1. Cancelling the Sea King replacement
2. Sponsorship scandal
3. Gun Registry
4. HRDC boondoggle
5. Problems with Transition Job Funds program
6. Tainted blood
7. Radwanski Spending Affair
8. Pearson Airport
9. GST Flip Flop
10. Airbus Investigation
11. Voting against Red Book promise of independent Ethics Commissioner