He still thinks we have a spending problem.
He still thinks we have a spending problem.
Because the Premier said so.He's right. I mean, why are we building a subway in Scarborough again?
You mean the one we will be paying for with that extra tax that Ford brought in after he said he wouldn't?He's right. I mean, why are we building a subway in Scarborough again?
You mean the one we will be paying for with that extra tax that Ford brought in after he said he wouldn't?
He's right. I mean, why are we building a subway in Scarborough again?
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Don Peat Retweeted Rob Ford
Rob Ford is at City Hall today #TOpoli
As expected, we have a strongly worded statement!
He still thinks we have a spending problem.
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/03/rob-ford-slams-mayors-tax-hike-proposal“I guarantee that there are still millions of dollars in savings to be found, which could be redirected into a dedicated transit & housing fund.”
http://www.metronews.ca/views/toron...15-budget-problems-were-easily-avoidable.htmlToronto’s financial problems are no surprise. They’re mostly the result of politicians who insisted on starving the city of revenues needed to keep pace with inflation and growth.
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it’s a striking example of how the political desire to pass budgets with low annual revenues increases conflicts with good long-term fiscal planning.
Had Toronto simply stuck with inflationary tax increases, refrained from cutting a revenue source while trying to deal with a structural deficit and not insisted on trying to work a subway tax levy into its already constrained operating budget, there would be a lot less budget grumbling going on right now.