Could Kathleen Wynne possibly be Dalton McGuinty in drag?

Remember when Dalton McGuinty came to power in 2002 with a promise to reduce auto insurance rates by 10%? Once in office, however, he then politely asked the insurance companies--who had already raised their premiums by something like 30% over the preceding years--to 'pretty please' reduce their rates, and if they did he would give them lollipop incentive.

Well, here's what the 2014 Wynne budget had to say about exorbitant auto insurance rates:

• Auto Insurance
  The government is encouraging insurance companies to offer "usage-based" rates. That's it! No, "We are the government, the guardians of the people's interest, so reduce or relocate!' No ... Not even an enforcement of the 15% we were promised in the last budget.

Sound familiar?

Here are some other 'goodies' in the 2014 Wynne budget:

• Ontario Pension Plan
  New mandatory pension plan, like CPP, for more than 3 million working Ontarians (…For a fee, of course.)
• Jobs and Prosperity Fund
  $2.5-billion, 10-year fund to partner with business to promote job creation (…with no guarantee it will produce a single job.)
• Debt Retirement Charge will disappear from hydro bills on Jan. 1, 2016, for savings of almost $70 a year. However, the ‘Ontario Clean Energy Benefit’ will also disappear for a net loss of $110. (That’s a McGuinty-style benefit is ever I saw one.)
• Tobacco Taxes
  Up 1.6 cents per cigarette, jacking tax on a 200-cigarette carton to $27.95 from $24.70. (So, what else is new?)
• More money for kids - Tying Ontario Child Benefit to inflation, allowing more kids to access dental service and school nutrition programs, increase in social assistance. (Dalton McGuinty never saw a child he couldn’t spend money on, and it appears Kathleen Wynne is her master’s apprentice.)And even more money for kids - Hike in child-care workers/personal support worker wages and minimum wage. (…But not one red cent for seniors.)

So far I have been fairly lenient on Kathleen Wynne, realizing she inherited the office from possibly the worst premier since confederation, but she has proven herself to be no better. so:-

VOTE THE BUM OUT!