Hmmmm...well...

This is reminiscent of fairly recent events in Ontario, Canada, where Mike Harris's Conservatives have been reigning for a term and a half. Harris campaigned on a similar platform to that of conservatives everywhere...he promised to cut government spending and reduce taxes.

He cut, all right. We now have worse pollution and environmental problems than we have ever had before by a long shot. We have many more homeless on the street. We have mental patients on the street who used to be in hospitals (the hospitals were closed down or reduced drastically in staff and facilities). We have a school system that is so embattled and demoralized that many, many teachers are retiring early or changing their profession because they just can't take it. We have apathy, fear, and a growing sense of hopelessness.

Just about everything is worse than it used to be...except that the banks are making record profits...

Hmmmm....

Oh, and Orillia has a casino and a WalMart now. Whoopee. The profits from those enterprises all go south to their owners in the USA, like the Walton family and the Mafia, to name a couple of major players.

Did I mention that everyone got a tax rebate a while back? I think it was $120 or something like that, I don't remember the exact amount.

Now, I will not turn away $120, specially when I'm a lot shorter of money than I was a year ago...

But I know what it signifies. The emperor has just tossed a small slice of mouldy bread to his public, after stealing their refrigerator and making them mortgage their future.

Hail Caesar!!!

- LH

p.s. A government that is a legitimate government provides health care and education to all on an equal basis with no charge whatsoever. It does what is NEEDED for the common good, not what is PROFITABLE