Fiscal responsibility, part 536
Sep. 24th, 2012 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyThe whole rationale for the Bill 115 debacle, attacks on the rights of education workers to collectively bargain, and drastic cuts to education spending is that Ontario is in a budget crisis and austerity measures are necessary to solve the deficit problem. (Yes, we've all heard that tune before.)
So it's good that the McGuinty government is doing all it can to cut costs and that everyone in Ontario is sharing the burden, right? We've all gotta tighten our belts to balance the books.
Unless you live in a Liberal-held riding and don't want a power plant in your backyard. Then, the Liberal government will pay whatever it needs to pay to move said power plant to a riding held by someone other than a Liberal.
The cost of said epic feat of NIMBYism?
I'm subsidizing this brazenly cynical asshaberdashery through both my taxes and my salary and sick days. NDP leader Andrea Horwath, of whom I'm increasing a fan and hope to see running the province after the next election, crunched some numbers and found that the cost of each Liberal seat is approximately $40 million.
But that's austerity and fiscal conservatism for you. Screw over whomever you like to ensure that your political allies are well-compensated. It's a wonder anyone is ever stupid enough to fall for it.
And just so that you don't think I'm letting the other two levels of government off the hook, I should mention that the Kitten-Eater wants us to be loyal subjects of the British Empire again, and the Honourable Wife-Beater is still an asshole.
So it's good that the McGuinty government is doing all it can to cut costs and that everyone in Ontario is sharing the burden, right? We've all gotta tighten our belts to balance the books.
Unless you live in a Liberal-held riding and don't want a power plant in your backyard. Then, the Liberal government will pay whatever it needs to pay to move said power plant to a riding held by someone other than a Liberal.
The cost of said epic feat of NIMBYism?
I'm subsidizing this brazenly cynical asshaberdashery through both my taxes and my salary and sick days. NDP leader Andrea Horwath, of whom I'm increasing a fan and hope to see running the province after the next election, crunched some numbers and found that the cost of each Liberal seat is approximately $40 million.
But that's austerity and fiscal conservatism for you. Screw over whomever you like to ensure that your political allies are well-compensated. It's a wonder anyone is ever stupid enough to fall for it.
And just so that you don't think I'm letting the other two levels of government off the hook, I should mention that the Kitten-Eater wants us to be loyal subjects of the British Empire again, and the Honourable Wife-Beater is still an asshole.
