So if I understand it correctly we have three species of human beings in this country. Now this is kind of complicated so I will try to avoid confusing you. The first is the taxpayer. This species pays all of the money into the government. Now there is a subspecies of this group know as the consumer. It pays things like the GST, a sneaky kind of tax that takes money from consumers who can buy more than food and clothing.
Then there is the voter. This is an endangered species, whose numbers seem to be declining precipitously. Apparently this species has a subsidiary role but they do not get credit for it. Based on how voters respond to an opportunity to vote, taxpayers are forced to cough up a $1.95 to one of the various political parties.
And this brings me to the third main species is the partisan or as it is more descriptively known, the card-carrying member. These are human beings who directly and publicly support a chosen political party.
But if Harpo and his merry band have there way, the taxpayer will no longer be required to pick up the tab run up by the voter. Yes, they will end the prorated subsidy for political parties because the people who are taxpayers are tired of paying for stuff done by voters. Political parties will have to rely on partisans to fund them because voters really do not reflect the will of the Canadian public except for the part about where they decide who is in government and the rest of the elected members who should stop opposing and just shut up and let the government do its job.
Friday, November 28, 2008
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