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We commend Greg Weston for his history lesson on our country’s deficit budgets. His column from yesterday is a must read: Shrinking government won’t trim deficit / Doing unpopular things like hiking GST will. Here it is: http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/greg_weston/2010/01/22/12577276.html Weston writes Canadians are in for some rough times ahead: Canada’s history is littered…
A report analyzing and comparing world economies, prepared by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, screams the conclusion that “The U.S. economy is no longer “free”.” Dr. Kim R. Holmes, the Heritage Foundation vice president and co-editor of this new, comprehensive report states: “Unprecedented government intervention in the financial and industrial sectors…
Let’s settle on a definition when discussing Big Government. For us, “Big Government” is a term used to describe a government that is too big and insidiously involved in too many areas of private enterprise and personal affairs. It’s excessive and largely inefficient. Its size and growth are uncontrollable and its expense is indefensible….
In one of its year-end reviews, The Financial Post wrote of the emergence of a new generation of North Americans – Generation T, where T stands for tax. Paul Vieira of The Post explains: This group can be described as young Americans, maybe aged 16 to 30, stuck with forking over higher taxes to pay…