Obama Should Go to Canada for Leadership Lessons (The Fiscal Times)

"Take a hard look at Canada to study up on what our northern neighbor is doing right.

"When President Obama nixed the Keystone Pipeline, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved aggressively on the alternative Northern Gateway Pipeline. Harper’s aggressive push for jobs and Obama’s cave to environmentalists perfectly describes the chasm between Canadian policies and ours.  Guess which are working better?

Canada set out to attract businesses large and small and it has succeeded.  It starts with taxes. In the past several years, Canada’s federal corporate tax rate was cut five times.  ... Corporate tax revenues increased during this period, despite the rate reductions".

Excerpts from Liz Peek's 2 page article in The Fiscal Times.