grimborn,
if conservatives can fundraise i dont see why other parties shouldn't be able to do the same, if so many people claim they hate Harper and Conservatives they should open up their wallet and start donating. Dont argue that rich people support Conservatives because it is not true. rich people support liberals before they f*cked up with dion and his left-wing policies. NDP cries that poor people dont have money to donate. but if there are so many poor people that need representation they can each donate less amount. $5000 can be $100 from 50 ppl or $10 from 500 people. public subsidies is created in 1995, sounds you suggesting canada was not a democracy before then.
Politicians never keep all their promises. McGuinty said there will be no new taxes before he was elected. Afterwards he increased health premium, and most people in ontario accepted it because he won the next election nevertheless. Running deficit is not a huge problem in canada because Canadians hold most of the debt so debt interest goes back to canada in a way, unlike US. I do feel the difference when i pay 2% less taxes on everything. The people who dont notice are the idiots dont take a look at the receipts. Only people who dont benefit are the poor people who spend most of their money on vegetable and fruits things that arent taxed. People think income tax cuts are better because they get the whole amount at the same time instead a little bit at a time. government surplus depends on state of economy not who is in power.
i dont hate quebec, but i also dont see why they have to be part of canada or why rest of canada have to try so hard to keep them. they speak different language, have different culture and only is part of canada because french had lost to britain 300 years ago in a war. if identity is a main concern they should form their own country. im tired of federal politicians keep appeasing, first it was the official languages act now it is the nation within a nation bs. i think one day it will be a separate nation.
anyways, like i said i dont really care enough about politics as long as current government isnt doing that bad. yeah im part of the 40.9% that didnt care enough to vote last election. but sometimes when i see the posts made by liberal bloggers on globe and mail or CTV news i feel very tempted to donate to conservatives. cuz i know these ppl cant put their money at where their mouth is.
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