Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Hudak to cut government spending?

Tim Hudak is starting to talk about spending cuts. That's great news! The McGuinty's government has rung up huge deficits from a provincial budget that previously had surpluses, which is a clear sign of fiscal mismanagement. The article in The Star, and seemingly Hudak, is light on specifics, but the closest to specifics mentioned were:
Hudak also said he would scrap “corporate giveaways,” like the $437 million subsidy over 25 years to South Korea’s Samsung to manufacture wind and solar energy equipment in Ontario.

Perhaps most contentiously, he said public sector unions would have to shoulder some of the burden because “collective bargaining agreements need to reflect the ability of families to pay the bills.
If Hudak runs on a platform with issues such as this in the 2011 election, I'll be incredibly happy. I hope specifics of other spending cuts will be coming out as the October election approaches.

2 comments:

General Brock said...

We all know where this will go. Hudak will actually do what he says - save the province from bankruptcy and then get crucified by the unions, lefties and the usual array of bleeding hearts.

Then they will vote in a Liberal/NDPer and the cycle will start all over again.

Right On said...

I want to know Hudak's view on cutting marginal tax rates, especially at the upper income levels. 46% tax on income over approximately $130,000 is pure theft. Talk about disincentive to work and invest!