I Thought You Had More Class Mike

Ignatieff on taxes: Read my lips. Oops -- now read them again.
Posted: April 15, 2009, 1:50 PM by NP Editor Filed under: Full Comment,Steve Janke,Canadian politics
By Steve Janke
Comments: 43

Yesterday Michael Ignatieff promised to raise taxes:
Federal taxes must go up to pay off Canada's increasing debt, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said today.
Ignatieff's comments were in response to a question from Cambridge business leader John Bell, who wanted to known when the federal debt will be paid back.
"We will have to raise taxes," but not at the expense of hurting the recovery from this recession.
To explain his position, Ignatieff used the ridiculous excuse that raising taxes sharply and quickly would somehow be good for children.
Needless to say, the Liberal leader was quickly targeted for criticism:
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