DION: Reveals part of his hidden agenda

“First of all I just remind you that Mr. Dion went around the country for years, claiming he would never impose a carbon tax.  He couldn’t be believed then, and he cannot be believed now.  When he says there will be a carbon tax and it won’t affect gasoline and it won’t affect energy prices, this is nonsense.  Of course it will.  A carbon tax is a carbon tax. 

“And as I say, Mr. Dion has already broken his word, broken his word to his own party—he told his own party when he was seeking the leadership, he would not have a carbon tax—he criticized others members of his party for being in favor of one; now he admits that has been his plan all along.  And frankly if—God help us—he ever gets in office, he’ll put a carbon tax on gasoline and everything else. And it will not be ‘revenue neutral’.  And I have to say that.  You know, every politician that wants to impose a tax throughout history has claimed it will be ‘revenue neutral’.  It will NOT be revenue neutral.  The reason politicians put on new taxes is so they can get money.”