tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post8455278716592030050..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Tough to see economic case for tax cutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-58841051531637315392010-11-04T07:28:47.671-07:002010-11-04T07:28:47.671-07:00Follow the link in the above post to get to "...Follow the link in the above post to get to "those stats" at BC Stats - the link is embedded in the quoted article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-10441633762391815652010-11-03T12:44:49.219-07:002010-11-03T12:44:49.219-07:00Unless the stats are measured in proportion to pop...Unless the stats are measured in proportion to population growth, this is surely meaningless. Does anyone have those stats?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-82644089455908012692010-11-03T08:33:05.833-07:002010-11-03T08:33:05.833-07:00Today's Number is...
Courtesy of The Tyee'...<b>Today's Number is...</b><br /><br />Courtesy of The Tyee's <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/11/02/FaultyPrescription/" rel="nofollow"> Will McMartin</a>:<br /><br /><i>In 2000, the year before Campbell became premier, the number of employed British Columbians -- that is, those with jobs -- stood at 1,931,300. In Sept. 2010, the comparable number was 2,318,600. That's an increase of 387,300, or 20.1 per cent over about nine-and-a half years.<br /><br />By comparison, between 1991 and 2000 when the New Democratic Party was in power, employment grew from 1,577,500 to 1,931,300 -- an increase of 353,800 jobs, or 22.4 per cent over nine-and-a-half years.<br /><br />Job growth when the NDP governed B.C. was about 2.4 per cent annually; under Campbell's Liberals, about 2.1 per cent.<br /><br />All in all, it's hard to argue that tax rates over the last two decades have had much of an impact on provincial job creation.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com