It's A Drop In The Bucket!

It was only $1.75, then, as tends to happen with subsidies, it increased to $1.95. What's the problem here, it's only $1.95 per voter per year? I mean really, it's not like that stupid 2% cut in GST that only means 2 cents less for a cup of coffee. Really, it's peanuts folks, or so the opposition will shortly tell us. The Conservatives should be going after the really big money black holes, like the gun registry, the Canadian Wheat Board, and CBC. Spending billions of our tax dollars to support dying industries, like auto and forestry is surely a much better way to kick start the economy, the media thinks.

Okay, why keep the funding? The Bloq needs the money to promote their party, so they can separate! This is an honourable goal! The Greens need the money to save our environment and the odd polar bear. This is an honourable goal! The NDP wants a chicken in every pot, and a place at the table to help eat it. This is an honourable goal. The Liberals need the money to save the natural ruling party of Canada. This is an honourable goal. So many honourable goals, so little time to convince Canadians that we were wrong to re-elect the Conservatives.

The big, bad, Conservatives have no honourable goals, and this is of course, scary! So say the opposition, while screaming for their taxpayer money instead of going out to their supporters and earning it!

I've posted about this before, way back in March of 2007! I suggested then that it would be a good way to force an election:

I'm getting sick of this lack of cooperation, and I think a lot of other people are as well, so the question is, how do the Conservatives get the opposition to vote down a confidence bill? Here's the answer.

The government puts forward a confidence vote on a bill that would cancel the $1.75 per vote of taxpayers money every political party now gets.

Only the Conservatives are in a position to win on this bill, all other parties are too broke to be able to vote with the government on a bill like that, so the opposition brings down the government on a bill that saves taxpayers millions.

Things have changed, the other parties are still broke, but will they dare vote against this now, just after an election, and while the economy is reeling? Could this be Dion's second chance? HA! Can the opposition scream about reducing government spending then vote this down, causing another 300 million election? The Bloq and Liberals HAVE to vote against this, only the NDP can vote for it, the question is, are they smart enough to take the gift the Conservatives are offering them?

How will voters see this if we end up in another election? Opposition MP's voted down a confidence bill that would have cut their salaries and their continued slurping at the taxpayers trough. Will the left unite, and try to form the government? I dare them to try subverting democracy like that, it would be like a military takeover, without the guns.

It's a beautiful piece of work by the Conservatives, baby steps indeed! Checkmate.

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