O ... stop throwing money away on overseas fact finds. You're the Canadian government. There is work to be done here.
I read the OP......short answers didn't work huh?;-)
"If we want to be able to provide those things in 10 years - we will need to raise taxes and cut unnecessary expenses now. Which would include staff reductions at the civil service and government (I'm talking reducing the # of MPs, senators and MLAs), and cutting staff (civil service). And I'm not talking just at the federal level, but also the provincial level."
Exactly! I do financial counselling for individuals with money issues and one of the ideas we advocate is you need to try to increase your income and decrease your expenses. If, however, you are unable to increase your income then you MUST decrease your expenses - period! It's common sense (which, I admit isn't "common" anymore).
For the government to say that there'll be no "new" taxes is ridiculous and flawed, and fatuos because they already have increased some taxes, uh, sorry "fees" so they're full of crap already. While I abhor paying more taxes than I already do, somewhere down the line, an increase is inevitable, no matter what they may deem call it.
JMO
Ya! Screw the disabled, elderly and infirm. Screw education and health care. Us healthy citizens are sick of helping the helpless. What is mine is mine. Keep your grubby hands off it. We don't need any free loaders around here!
There will be more money in the next ten years because there will be more businesses which will employ more people that make more money per hour the money will be there"If we want to be able to provide those things in 10 years - we will need to raise taxes and cut unnecessary expenses now. Which would include staff reductions at the civil service and government (I'm talking reducing the # of MPs, senators and MLAs), and cutting staff (civil service). And I'm not talking just at the federal level, but also the provincial level."
Exactly! I do financial counselling for individuals with money issues and one of the ideas we advocate is you need to try to increase your income and decrease your expenses. If, however, you are unable to increase your income then you MUST decrease your expenses - period! It's common sense (which, I admit isn't "common" anymore).
For the government to say that there'll be no "new" taxes is ridiculous and flawed, and fatuos because they already have increased some taxes, uh, sorry "fees" so they're full of crap already. While I abhor paying more taxes than I already do, somewhere down the line, an increase is inevitable, no matter what they may deem call it.
JMO
Cliffy that is just haywire. The first thing Harper did was cut two points off the GST and that knocked the deficit up by 10 billion. Harper cut corporate taxes and raised the deficit further. Did those cuts help the poor and needy? Not likely, so reinstating those taxes won't hurt them either. It's not a question of screwing anyone. If the country is broke we can't spend money we don't have.
What gets me is that when governments cut expenses, they always cut it from those that can't defend themselves. We have already seen deep cuts to medical and education. Recent cuts to mental health services, arts and culture, while politicians and CEOs continue to grow fatter. The system is corrupt. It has been for generations. It is top heavy and it is extremely expensive. Corporate welfare is a hundred times more expensive than supporting the disabled, mentally handicapped, old age pensioners and the ill. But business always gets priority while the weak get the shaft. Nothing will solve these problems but a complete redesign of government, not just shrinking the trough but eliminating it, political office should be voluntary, civil service should be a service not an entitlement.
Absolutely correct, #Juan- in theory..........:smile::smile::smile: BUT you're talking of Gov't. here and every nickel that comes out of Gov't hands and into the people's hands is better spent. Increased taxes will only add to Gov't waste.
"Vote back the Liberals they know how to save government money"
Absolutely correct- they steal it from lower levels of Gov't.
The tax payer has a right to look at the books and if the people got together they can get their MPs to pass a bill where the Government is audited on a yearly bases and except for national security issues all else can be made public.
The party platform should be used as an business plan for the government and if 75% is not followed and imediate election should be triggered this would make the government more accountable and make the voters more strategic on how they vote good governments in
Those nasty Liberals handed Harper a ten billion dollar surplus. Did Harper give that money to Provincial and municipal governments that you say they stole it from?.....Not bloody likely.
Raise taxes a little and cut services, but NOT in healthcare or education like aPAULing Martin did.From my view there is two solutions to this...........1. Borrow the money needed and 2. Raise taxes.