  Politics I was having a discussion with mom about politics. I think Steven Harper is just STUPID. All the impressions I've got of him through the media have not been favourable to him. Yesterday he was promising that if he was elected primeminister that he would lower our taxes to lower than the taxes in the United States. Paul Martin retaliated at this, and told him it was a bad idea, and then--in my opinion--Steven harper acted very immature, and said that the Liberal partys slogan should be 'tax me i'm canadian'. Do taxes kill canadians?
The simple answer is NO. Taxes are the way the health care and the public school system get money to work properly. If we didn't have any taxes we would have to be like the U.S. and have to pay for all or our health care. How on earth is he planning to afford this? He's making a load of promises he can't keep. As for the leader of the NDP (New Democratic Party) definitely DO NOT vote for him.
He is even worse than Steven harper. Yesterday he was making a bunch of promises, which, if he could keep them would be greatly beneficial to canadian society. Of course though his closing statement for the day went something like this. "I don't promise I know how I will finance all these promises, but if my party is elected I promise we will come out with a balanced budget. " How thick can you get? People may be very nice, and sympathise with every cause that canadians have, but really, you can't afford everthing.
Steven harper can't afford to lower taxes especially in the maritimes. What would our premiers do? They get all their money for health care and education from the taxes. (Thats the way it works in the maritimes). They already are short on money. After the flooding last year, and then hurricane Juan, and then White juan they had to somehow pay for all the damage.
I mean COME ON THINK! Jack Layton (ndp leader) cannot afford all the promises he is making. If the Ndp gets into power either they will not keep any of the promises, or they won't have a balances budget. Anyway the moral of the story is Politicians are WEIRD, and steven harper and Jack Layton need to think more about things. THat is why if I was old enough to vote (YOu have to be 18 and I am only 12) I would vote for paul martin. THat is just my opinion. 
