It was nice to see thousands of people protesting tax increases in the streets of Quebec this weekend, but I am suspicious about what they really understand:
Participants called for the government to clean up its own spending before imposing new taxes
But, like the protestors in Greece a few weeks ago – do these people understand that Quebec cannot afford it’s social programs? When they say “clean up its own spending”, do they understand real cuts are necessary, or are they hoping for “efficiencies” that have never before been found in a government bureaucracy?
3 comments
Powell Lucas says:
12 April 2010 at 22:20 (UTC -7 )
No they don’t understand. They have been fed so much socialist crap that they actually believe everything provided by big brother in either the provincial or federal governments is free.
real conservative says:
12 April 2010 at 23:30 (UTC -7 )
Let’s be fair, we all know that there is lots of inefficiency in government and bureaucracy. But getting rid of it is another thing, especially if it is your friend, neighbour or sister that works there… which may be the case in Quebec.
Ira says:
13 April 2010 at 11:12 (UTC -7 )
The inefficiencies are there, but we’re largely powerless to do anything about them.
As such, we need program cuts. It’s heartening that Quebec has recently declared that they view their healthcare funding as unsustainable. That’s a step in the right direction.