I thought I'd start a thread on predictions for Trudeau's administration.
Summary:
1. The left will push a tax hike on the poor and middle class.
2. Apologists will do some combination of defending the hike, deflecting to how much it will help / maybe a tax on the rich as well / how evil the right is.
3. Polls will sour quickly.
4. Voters will give the right a big win in the next election.
I remember 1993. Bill Clinton entered the White House with a laundry list like that and control of both houses of congress. First thing he did was throw out the middle class tax cut and instead raise taxes on the poor and middle class. Clinton rammed that bill through congress and THAT led to the republicans winning in a landslide in 1994 and taking control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
I remember 2008. Obama entered the White House with a laundry list of ideas and control of both houses of congress. First thing he did was ram a tax hike down the throats of the poor and middle class...only THIS time, they tried to disguise it as Obamacare. Well, except when Obamacare had to be argued in front of the Supreme Court. When the lawyers defended Obamacare to them, they called it a tax increase. Then Obama immediately turns around to the public and says its not a tax increase. But that's the core of Obamacare, its basically a tax hike on the poor with an exemption if you have healthcare. The voters weren't fooled. They understood what Obamacare really was, and handed the republicans another landslide win in 2010, giving the GOP the House back and they've never lost it since. The rest of the platform was a bunch of broken promises.
So here's what's in store for Canada. Surprise! The middle class tax cut will get trashed. FIRST THING will be ramming a tax hike down the throats of the poor and middle class Canadians. Feel free to bump this post when it happens. I'm sure they will have some "clever" way of disguising it or make an attempt to deflect criticism and shout down opposition (maybe through guilt or something). But The poor and middle class will get hammered with a new tax. Make no mistake. If they only do ONE thing, it will be that.
Remember, the left is nothing but broken promises and tax hikes.