What a crappy present Steve!

So as far as vote buying goes, this budget is pretty crappy. Its one thing to actually do something meaningful over the long term, like say a tax cut that actually saves someone money, or say a Childcare Programme that they can actually afford, but to give someone 80 bucks and then say, now go vote for me rings pretty hollow. People may be swayed by a budget to vote for a party (or not), but to hand someone a couple dollars on the cusp of an election is just crass politics.

I think people see this budget as sheer electioneering. Even the Ottawa Sun hates it for goodness sakes.