So…according to Feckless Leader Harper, cutting the excise tax on diesel fuel will, apparently…
“…benefit consumers who buy virtually anything that moves by truck, train, ship or plane.”
Of course it will. Next, he will promise to stop the sun from setting in the east with a wave of his deadly claw, followed by the announcement of a cure for the seven signs of aging.
Let’s get one thing straight: cutting this tax will result in the following:
(1) It will NOT reduce fuel costs…because the taxes are INCIDENTAL in the rising price of fuel. Speculators, on the other hand (yes, those UNREGULATED speculators)…
(2) The prices of food and consumer goods will NOT decrease because of this cut. Spare me, oh Glorious Leader…our high DOLLAR hasn’t even managed that feat just yet. Hmmm…you’d think businesses are TRYING to keep gouging us at the cash register…but I’m sure business would NEVER lower themselves to such a level (BWAHAHAHAHAHA!).
(3) Canadians will continue to gluttonously use more and more gasoline when we SHOULDN’T BE USING MORE AND MORE GASOLINE! Environment? What bloody environment! “Fire up them smoke stacks, Ma!” Kyoto is just a city in Japan after all, it seems…
Try again, Feckless Leader…when you’re not too busy hurling virtual bird crap everywhere. Unless it’s a self-referential metaphor. ;-)
