Another question

The fire is still bright, the sky is always dark here in the den. Enjoy some more time with me if you would.

So those of us here in Saskatchewan have just got a BIG tax break right? I'm a bit confused about it though. Income tax breaks generally favor the wealthy, and are not as all encompasing as the government would like you to believe. So here I'm going to pose some questions. Fire some answers please.

Increasing the base benefit will help only those that are already above the poverty line. If your goal is to help the province, wouldn't it make sense to make sure everyone can benefit from our economic windfall?

I've heard complaints that not enough was put towards debt reduction. From what I understand, the interest on our debt is also dependant on how much the debt is and how much we have sitting there to ward against unforseen circumstances, or if we had to pay RIGHT NOW how much could we put together. So having a large 'rainy day fund' like the NDP set up is actually more economically responsible. Am I reading this wrong? Is it not true that the more money we have in surplus the lower our interest rates are, and the faster we can repay the debt at a lower rate?

A better tax benefit for everyone would have been to reduce or eliminate the provincial sales tax. Everyone has to pay that, and wouldn't eliminating this also produce a larger incentive to buy things, which if I'm again understanding this, would create a better economic climate?

How many of you believe Wall (A twice failed businessman who ran a family farm worth millions into the groud) had ANYTHING to do with our current prosperity? IF you do, can you please give examples. They had better be more than 'Businesses do better under a conservative government' because that, as far as I can tell is false.

Unrelated question: Duane is back. Think he'll want to try to de-criminalize prostitution again?

Discuss.