OPEN LETTER TO 2 ERRANT MP's
Dear Randall Garrison, NDP MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca and Peter Stoffer, NDP MP for Sackville-Eastern Shore,
Gentlemen,
What are your values?
The recent story in the national press that you both are lobbying to convince the government that golf games are a valid business expense, worthy of a 50-per-cent tax deduction, indicates clearly it is time for a serious gut check.
Your All Party Golf Caucus is an obscenity.
I had to check the date on the paper to make sure this wasn't April 1st.
Grace MacInnis was a valued friend. I have voted NDP consistently for many years. Not because I ever expected to see an NDP government ever replace either of the two Natural Ruling Parties. Rather, I have been encouraged that there were some in Canadian public life who were still remembering the little guy and the average person and the worker, as distinct from the owner.
Now, you two, wearing NDP colors, emerge from the sludge and try to convince us that playing golf is worthy of a tax deduction.
And what's more amazing? It takes a Conservative Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, to tell you where to stuff this very bad idea.
A tale right out of Alice in Wonderland.
And so, dear NDP MP's...what about my tennis racquets? My jogging shoes? The kids' soccer and hockey equipment? The skis, the hoops, the Speedos?
Also worthy tax write-offs?
Shame on you both. Shake your heads. Read the history of your own party.
Then, if you still in the light of day want to pursue this selfish, thoughtless idiocy, please cross the floor and join one of the other teams.
Not that they'd have you.
TO THE READER:
Here are the email addresses for these two scoundrels:
randall.garrison@parl.gc.ca
5 comments:
You got that right.
However in Canada, there are very few politicians worth the powder, to blow them to hell. Same with the media, courts, judges, police and everything, else touched by politicians, soon goes to hell...in a lying thieving frenzy.
You got that right.
However in Canada, there are very few politicians worth the powder, to blow them to hell. Same with the media, courts, judges, police and everything, else touched by politicians, soon goes to hell...in a lying thieving frenzy.
Bravo, David!!
I don't want to say I told you so ..... BUT .... I told you so. Is there really much differences between the 4 Federal Parties once their members are MP's, voted into power and jet away to Ottawa ? I say not really. David I remember you giving me hell when I said for the first time in my life I wasn't going to vote in the last Federal election because in my mind they're all the same - so ready and willing to do whatever they want to do as long as their golden pensions and benefits packages aren't part of any negative plan. I took your advice and voted after-all. And now, guess what ? I read your latest blog about these two "birds of a feather" and their golf game BS. Why am I not surprised ?
Thanks for pointing this little scandal out to me because I missed it in all the other media outlets I follow.
I did find it a little wierd that they wanted golf to be a tax deduction. In the capitalist system business is business. I don't see where subsidies for businesses, factors into things. People on welfare, disability, yes. Corporations/companies, no.
Not only should there be no begining to golf write offs, there should be an end to write offs of any type of entertaining for business.
In less than optiomal financial times everybody has to tighten their belts, as we hear Chrusty and Harper tell us. I suggest we start with those who can most afford to tighten their belts and eliminate a lot of those tax exemptions, write offs, grants.
when a large portion of the population can not even afford to play golf or go camping I find it offensive that M.P.s want tax exemptions for golf players.
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