Dalton McGuinty Is So Out Of Touch He Compares HST To War And Depression

TORONTO, May 8 /CNW/ -

    
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Dalton McGuinty is so out of touch that yesterday in Ottawa he compared the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers and the Great Depression to paying his $3 billion HST tax grab.

Earlier this week in a cleansing moment of honesty he finally admitted what the PC Caucus has been saying for months when he confessed the HST will be a punishing tax on families and seniors.

Unbelievably, he has now trivialized soldiers, veterans and their families by likening his HST to the sacrifices of soldiers. Dalton McGuinty has become so disconnected from reality he believes paying more taxes is comparable to war and the depression.

The HST is one of many tax hikes and fee increases that Ontario families are now forced to pay to fund Dalton McGuinty's runaway spending, waste and scandal.

    
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"Dalton McGuinty comparing the sacrifices of soldiers at war to paying his HST tax grab is embarrassing." - Ontario PC Leader, Tim Hudak, MPP

"Ontario families have already sacrificed enough to fund Dalton McGuinty's spending scandals. Now comparing the HST to wars and the depression shows just how out of touch he has become." - Ontario PC Leader, Tim Hudak, MPP

    
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- As reported by the Ottawa Citizen: "The Premier said each generation has challenges and sacrifices that have to be made for the common good. And just as parents, grandparents and great grandparents battled through war and depression to ensure a better future, the time has come for this generation to do its part."

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