on his ability to push
through other items on his agenda, such as tax reform,
infrastructure spending and deregulation — the promise of which has helped propel stocks upward since his
election.
In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011
election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation
through new spending on research and
infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.