tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post275149233788960791..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper's Assault on DemocracySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14980606559462903292009-06-26T13:48:08.072-04:002009-06-26T13:48:08.072-04:00This "article" is an insult to intellige...This "article" is an insult to intelligence itself. Stephen Harper's government does everything opposite to what the Austrian School of Economics teaches. This is a deceptive propaganda aimed at discrediting the Austrian School by falsely portraying Harper as a free-market proponent. Nice try Simon, but you failed miserably. I encourage you to learn Austrian Economics at www.mises.org<br /><br />Good reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2889475000868131882008-11-27T15:16:00.000-05:002008-11-27T15:16:00.000-05:00I'm one with Robert on this. See my post today,Now...I'm one with Robert on this. See my post today,<BR/><A HREF="http://janfromthebruce.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Now is the time for Working Accord</A>susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-20575857700474818142008-11-27T13:39:00.000-05:002008-11-27T13:39:00.000-05:00Every well Said.This is the best write up I have s...Every well Said.<BR/><BR/>This is the best write up I have seen. <BR/><BR/>Please take time to send a copy of this letter to every opposition party.tdwebstehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185860781518819759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-55965925531471940122008-11-27T13:10:00.000-05:002008-11-27T13:10:00.000-05:00The Conservative party is the largest beneficiary...The Conservative party is the largest beneficiary of the political tax credit, which sees donations to political parties reimbursed at least 50% using public money. I don't see Flaherty suggesting that that huge subsidy be revoked. Far from being hit the hardest, the Conservative Party will be the best situated party if this change goes through.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, campaign expenses at the riding level are also routinely reimbursed for the larger parties with public money.<BR/><BR/>If the Conservatives really were that concerned about our money, they wouldn't have wasted $300 million on a useless election.<BR/><BR/>Having political parties based only on private donations drastically the financial participation of low income persons, and families with dependants to provide for.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-2405607169388026632008-11-27T12:30:00.000-05:002008-11-27T12:30:00.000-05:00To be fair, I am a Hayek fan as well and I conside...To be fair, I am a Hayek fan as well and I consider myself an Austrian when it comes to economics.<BR/><BR/>What Hayek was against was coerced social or group action, not voluntary.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that being said, Harper is no more an Austrian and a follower of Hayek than Jack Layton is. He is doing everything that they Austrian school would say NOT to do - have a central bank, base money on fiat currency rather than backed by assets (gold, silver etc), bank bailouts by government and extensive government regulation (notice that they parties don't get public money, but they are still barred from getting private or corporate money by government regulation?).<BR/><BR/>Harper is a "Hayek fan" only in that he see's Hayek's book <I><A HREF="http://mises.org/books/TRTS/" REL="nofollow">The Road to Serfdom</A></I> not as a warning for the future, but as a how-to-book to run his government.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941875334878452635noreply@blogger.com