A Response to the 2017 Saskatchewan Budget

Summary:
I have an opinion piece on Saskatchewan’s recent budget in the Regina Leader-Post. Points raised in the opinion piece include the following: -Reductions in personal and corporate income taxes help the rich more than the poor (and this budget cut both personal and corporate income taxes). -Increases in sales tax hurt the poor more than the rich (and this budget increased both the breadth and the rate of the provincial sales tax). -A one-dollar increase in government spending on public services (e.g., on health, education or child care) creates more jobs than a one dollar reduction in any tax. This budget decreased program spending. The full opinion piece can be accessed at this link. Enjoy and share:

Topics:
Nick Falvo considers the following as important: aboriginal peoples, austerity, budgets, Child Care, corporate income tax, Debt, deficits, Economic Growth, economic models, economic thought, Employment, fiscal policy, health care, income, Income distribution, income support, income tax, indigenous people, inequality, NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES, population aging, post-secondary education, Poverty, public infrastructure, public services, Saskatchewan, social policy, taxation, Unemployment

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