Hollow cries of the one per cent
Tax fairness, not tax advantaged
The federal Liberal government has taken on a dragon to create a more equitable and just society. While being decried by economists, business leaders, medical professionals and employees who work in the private sector, government is steadfast and unapologetic for removing the incentives which have carved Canada as one of the most desirable countries in the world.
Although socialism experiments have spectacularly failed throughout history, a new form of national homogenization based on the teachings of Karl Marx is being branded locally: Trudeauism.
If taxpayers could simply “chill out”and await the pending legalization of gateway narcotics all this fuss would go away. A new era of state sponsored utopia is awaiting once all citizens economically blend. Unfortunately, for government, the tax agenda moved faster than marijuana legalization.
The opportunities of tax reform is long awaited and much overdue.
Physicians, for example, will no longer have to work 60 to 120-hour work weeks, they can now offer service during their mandated 37.5-hour work week (and wait lists will triple). Business owners will be able to “slow down and smell the roses ,” eliminating the compulsion to stress over payroll, financing growth or planning for the future. In a Trudeauism utopia, colourful socks are rationed to citizens and all will be cared for through a new state income distribution system.
With four Liberal MPs representing a chorus of constituents, it is refreshing to see a people’s champion emerge in Wayne Easter. A career-limiting decision to support his constituents could have him reassigned to the Gulag (or P.E.I.’s version, Workforce and Advanced Learning). Hopefully other voices, like chambers of commerce, will also be inspired into meaningful action.
Beyond pitting Canadians against one another in an unnecessary cultural conflict, the intent of the tax distraction is genius. A tax controversy whipped into a frenzy is necessary to divert attention from more complex issues such as a ballooning national debt (and other issues not yet apparent). This is the distractive ruse. At a time when U.S. legislators are aggressively reducing business taxes, Canada is taxing the creative class into dissolution.
The premise of opening the tax regime for greater fairness is not without merit. The haphazard method proposed by a team of recent graduates in Ottawa’s department of Finance lacks any practical grounding. This is not a oneper-cent target, but a broadbased swipe on self-initiative.
Removing the entrepreneurial spirit and focused commitment of determination from employment generators could only have been concocted in the vacuum of a cubicle. More troubling is a minister with reasonable business pedigree allowed this tax discussion to even enter a consultation phase.
Will the government institute change? Yes.
The Liberals have been too firm to not follow through with implementation; albeit a disowned child of Friedrich Engles and first-year psychology.
The approach will be a watered-down variant which will cave to the most vocal voting block; but the reckless spending has necessitated a substantial tax haul.
The proposed tax remedies can be likened to a government exiting power and trying to stamp a legacy on the way out the door. Unfortunately, it will cost the country the backbone of the economy and the alteration of a culture focused on value creation and public service.