Madam Speaker, the government is not only dealing with statistics. It is dealing more with people. Basically when more people are employed they are paying more taxes. When more people are employed they are creating other jobs. This is where we beg to differ with members on the other side because they are only looking at statistics. We are trying to put a human face to it.
No one has told me to look at the unemployment rate and at how much tax we are paying. A lot of them come to me and say “Look at what I have around me”. There is more development and more people working and paying taxes. Therefore the whole economy moves much better and faster. They are not asking about the percentage of tax but what we have done for the people.
To some people it is only $1.20 or $1.30 more in their pockets, but it is a lot better than raising taxes.