Money Pits!

The government can not fix everything, but special interest groups rely on the government to keep their organizations running. It is a money pit.

Equalization is a Canadian tradition, take from the rich and give to the poor. Supposedly this will give the poor the same advantages as the rich and everything will become neutral. No rich, no poor. Equalization is a money pit. Saskatchewan and Newfoundland have taken responsibility for their own destiny and become HAVE provinces. The other have not provinces take the productive workers money because they feel they are entitled to it. Take PEI for example, they have the best potatoes I have ever tasted, it has something to do with the red soil. Do they bother to market them? I saw some in a store once here in Alberta.

How about what is happening to Greece? Their bonds have been rated as junk, they are in serious trouble, but the unions are protesting any disruption to their benefits. Are they really that stupid? Germany, one of the only productive nations in the EU, will have to bail Greece out to keep the Euro viable. What happens when Portugal, Spain and Ireland need help too? Money pits, with no end.

Canadian taxpayers spend 10 BILLION a YEAR on the First Nations, yet the reserves are disgusting places to live. Recently it has been reported that the Chief's are paying themselves $250,000 or more while their people live in over crowded homes. Money pits.

Then we get to the all important issue of aid to third world countries. Canada and every other western nation have poured trillions of dollars into helping developing countries and what has it done? Name one developing country that has become self sufficient with the help of aid. Money pits.

Equalization........................FAIL
EU helping socialist countries......FAIL
Indian Act..........................FAIL
Aid for third world countries.......FAIL

If something doesn't work, why continue to pour our tax dollars into these socialist schemes. It's time for the taxpayers to stand up and stop this charity for life institution.

It's a money pit and the more you throw into it, the more the people depend on government to solve all their problems.

As a taxpayer, I am sick and tired of supporting this culture of welfare.

No More "Special" Status!

Oh! Oh! I smell trouble. Can the minority Conservative government really do this without some political fallout?

Quebec’s oversized share of Canada Day funding to end

OTTAWA -- Quebec will no longer receive the lion's share of funding from a federal program promoting Canada Day festivities as a result of an overhaul that would eliminate-millions of dollars in administrative costs, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore said Wednesday.

In an interview with Canwest News Service, Mr. Moore said that the Harper government has shut down regional committees that were using up about half of the budget of the $6.7-million Celebrate Canada program so that there is more money available for community celebrations. He said the government would also introduce a formula that allows each province and territory to get its fair share of funding based on population.

"We're frankly cleaning up a program that was badly structured and badly created by the Liberals back when they were in government," Mr. Moore said.

I say go for it! Quebec doesn't even like the rest of Canada, so why should we pour big bucks into a province that wants to separate? If Alberta sent 15 members of the Alberta Separatist party to Ottawa, do you think the rest of Canada would send us MORE money?

BlackJack brings up a great point in the comments:

BlackJackShelac

10:57 PM on January 20, 2010

Re: What happens if I touch this domino?

hahah true. Normally I would expect some over dramatic backlash against Harper, but in Quebec Canada day is actually "moving day" for many and they don't really celebrate Canada day. Quebec would be it's own nation by now except when you consider the smallish detail that out of the 14 billion dollars 6 provinces receive from transfer payments in 2009, Quebec rakes in 8.3 billion into its pockets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_payments_in_Canada

Exactly, why stop at some Canada Day funds, the really big one is equalization. How Quebec would squeal if they got cut off of the trough called equalization. Bye Bye $7 a day daycare that no other province no matter how rich or poor can seem to afford.

Alberta will be labeled the bad guy by the lefties, if equalization is stopped. No one will remember that Liberal Ontario and Liberal Quebec slammed Conservative Alberta in Copenhagen.

Cut off the funds. Every province should stand on their merits. Quit sucking off the teat of the producers, and then kick them in the butt to make yourselves look better. Ontario went from a have province to a have not province under the reign of McGuinty, and that's okay with the lefties?

No more "special" status for any province, or any minority group. What ever happened to equal status for all?