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== Reduce Tax Rates == | == Reduce Tax Rates == | ||
*Sweden reduced rates during the financial crisis and in 2011 had the fastest growth in Europe and was able to eliminate its deficit. (http://www.fcpp.org/publication.php/4208) | *Sweden reduced rates during the financial crisis and in 2011 had the fastest growth in Europe and was able to eliminate its deficit. (http://www.fcpp.org/publication.php/4208) | ||
* What if Income Taxes were completely eliminated? What would earners and producers do with their income flows? They have three (3) basic choices; spend, hoard or invest. | |||
== Eliminate Marketing Boards == | == Eliminate Marketing Boards == | ||
*Reduce costs of foods (e.g. milk price difference? NZ experience) | *Reduce costs of foods (e.g. milk price difference? NZ experience) | ||
* Who should determine agriculture policy; private enterprising farmers or governments bureaucrats? | |||
== Eliminate most government Agencies, Boards and Commissions == | == Eliminate most government Agencies, Boards and Commissions == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 12 June 2012
“How soon a laissez-faire society can be established and exactly what conditions may accompany a transition from government to freedom are impossible to predict because of two important variables - the rapidity with which the idea of freedom can be spread and how much longer our economy can withstand the effects of governmental meddling.” – Morris and Linda Tannehill in The Market for Liberty Pg 151.
However, if Libertarians were in a position to influence government policy and legislation, the following are some of the changes we would support.
Eliminate Corporate Welfare
- Including subsidies to political parties, grants to cultural organizations, conference centres, sports arenas.
- Eliminate Feed-In-Tariffs for solar and wind energy.
- It’s foolish to take money from taxpayers and give it to organizations that aren’t able to provide a product or service consumers are willing to buy.
- [How much does Ontario spend on corporate welfare and grants?]
- Who pays for tax credit incentives that buys votes at elections?
Sell Unused Properties
- [Need to provide examples, and estimated value?]
- Use proceeds to reduce provincial debt and interest charges
- Crown land shall be auctioned off to private parties in open public events.
Reduce Tax Rates
- Sweden reduced rates during the financial crisis and in 2011 had the fastest growth in Europe and was able to eliminate its deficit. (http://www.fcpp.org/publication.php/4208)
- What if Income Taxes were completely eliminated? What would earners and producers do with their income flows? They have three (3) basic choices; spend, hoard or invest.
Eliminate Marketing Boards
- Reduce costs of foods (e.g. milk price difference? NZ experience)
- Who should determine agriculture policy; private enterprising farmers or governments bureaucrats?
Eliminate most government Agencies, Boards and Commissions
- Bureaucrats interested in limiting competition.
Eliminate Government Monopolies
- High costs and poor quality – 19-week wait time for surgery, illiterate high school graduates
- Threat of total withdrawal of service thanks to single employer (e.g. teachers’ strike)
- Allow choices for consumers of education, medical services, alcohol, etc.