New Liberal Attack Ads.. Yawn.

"No, no, no - you're not listening. 
Higher corporate taxes and
higher government spending will CREATE jobs."

Really, Michael?

This is the best you can do?  I can think of about three issues just off the top of my head that would make more sense to raise than the fighter jets and the lack of corporate tax increases.

But let's go with what they have.

Firstly.

The fighter jets.

To summarize what the ads are going to say to the average Canadian:

We know we, the Liberals, committed the country to the development of these jets, but that doesn't mean we actually wanted to create any jobs by actually developing them.  Better we dealt with it like we dealt with the Sea King helicopters.  Trust us - if there is a way to waste time and money, the Liberals take a back seat to no-one.

Did we mention $3.4 billion wasted on gun registry?

So - give us the reins - we will develop jets and other technology, and then, once we've made that commitment, we'll just go buy the cheapest airplanes possible and ignore the investment and the jobs lost in abandoning the effort we started.

Ok.

Now with the "money to corporations" - borrowing a line of garbage from the Obama camp.

Suggesting that a corporate tax cut amounts to giving money to corporations.

Think about that for a moment... suppose I walk up to you and ask you for $10.00 and you give it to me.  A year later, I ask you for $9.00, and you give me that.

The Liberals call that "giving you $1.00".

Any honest person sees that as clearly giving you nothing - just asking for less.

And, while we're at it - why don't we ask out of work Canadians, "Would you like a job, or would you like higher corporate taxes" - because I will guarantee you that one thing higher taxes will NOT do, is create jobs.  It will do the opposite.

I'm thinking Canadians are smart enough to understand that corporate belt-tightening has resulted in fewer jobs - and that as the economy picks up, so too will jobs.

I mean - it wasn't that long ago that unemployment in Alberta was virtually non-existent - and people at Tim Horton's were making more money that anywhere else in Canada..   but I'm sure that was my imagination.  I'm sure that high corporate profits had nothing to do with creating jobs.

But go ahead and try the Liberal plan if you like - higher taxes - and see how quickly we create new jobs.