I often find myself reading the comments on news articles on CBC.ca. And I often find myself enraged. Surprisingly, I have yet to create an account and start posting my own comments. That might just suck up way too much of my time.
In response to the Harper goverenment's plan to cancel the $30-million in subsidies that federal political parties receive, I have seen so many people saying things like "put your wallet where your mouth is" or "I don't want my tax dollars supporting some leftist commie party."
Are these people for real? Do they really believe that the rich have a greater right to have their voice heard than the poor? Also, the funding to the parties is based on how many votes they receive, so your tax dollars are only going to the party you voted for. Sure, you might argue that you pay more taxes than most of the poor people who vote for these "leftist commie" parties... but that's the whole point of taxes. They're not your tax dollars. If they were, we'd just let you keep them in the first place. Revenue collected by the government is owned by everyone, to be used for the greater good of all Canadians equally.
I'm not sure what's going to happen now, but I hope that the public see this for what it is - a blatant attack on democracy. I think the Conservatives will be forced to reconsider, given that the talks of a Liberal-NDP coalition are starting to sound pretty serious. Unless they can spin this as the other parties being greedy. But I'm hoping Canadians are intelligent enough to understand that that is not the case. There are many other things of far less consequence that could be cut to reduce spending by a mere $30-million.
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