Roads, hospitals, police, military, airports. Yea not much to show for it.
Should we halt Immigration until we can get it under control.
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If you truly believe our tax dollars are being used wisely, I have a purple elephant to sell you.
if that's where all our tax dollars go, we won't be in this deep hole....in taxes and interest rates...you might want to go back to school....
Just the tip of the iceberg
Governor General's trip to Iceland cost nearly $300,000: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
'The Governor General spent more on fancy rides in four days than the average Canadian makes in a whole year'
torontosun.com
I sense that youre being intentionally obtuse.
If I had a full breakdown item by item, we would have govt transparency and wouldnt be where we are now with record debt, unaffordable cost of living and a declining standard of living. Maybe you missed the part of sending $8 billion and counting to a foreign proxy war among other large expenses with no accountability.
As they always say, easier to fool someone than convince them theyve been fooled.
You said "not much to show for it" implying that most if not all of tax revenues get wasted. There certainly is waste and that's not unique to government, but to suggest that nothing gets done at all is false.
You're again going off on a tangent here. Are we talking about immigration, tax or judicial reform?
I respectfully disagree on all of the above.
Ukraine isnt part of NATO - theyre just a pawn between the US and Russia. And Canada as usual is the virtue signalling capital of the world. We dont owe them anything - especially not $8 billion when we have record debt and counting.
For a country that taxes as much as we do, we have SO little to show for it. To say the majority is or isnt being wasted can be subjective, but when we have so much gross overspending on multiple needless and often manufactured issues that I highlighted in my first post in this thread, theres almost zero chance were not grossly mismanaging our tax dollars.
Tax.
Our supreme court is already compromised - not a surprise when we know who appointed these “judges”. Case in point is the unjabbed woman who got denied life saving operation and has to find it in the US now.
What exactly does "SO little to show for mean" exactly? Maybe go into a bit more detail so we can have an honest debate.
Theyre certainly not doing nothing, theyre using it wastefully on manufactured social issues in some cases as an examples. Have you not seen the countless scandals? It feels like Im preaching to the choir here when its painfully obvious.
The theme of the thread is immigration. It's tough to have a meaningful discussion when you're all over the place with different issues.
Il share more in due time, but in principle our tax dollars are not being used wisely at minimum. Many countries tax way less and yet arent running up record levels of unsustainable debt like we are.
The fact that I even have to explain this concept is frightening when many observers can see issues that Canadians are blind to lol.
Fair point. However, alot of geopolitical factors impact immigration - to dismiss other factors that play a role wouldnt be prudent imo.
You seem to be bugged by a lot of issues in this country so just list them. No need to wait for due time. What are your ideas to spend tax dollars more wisely? As if any one person can claim that they are more wise in financial matters than others or they never waste money? Who are these model countries that you want to emulate? How would you know that information if you're not a government insider? Lots of countries look great on the outside, but the story flips if you live there.
The fact that I have to ask you to give specifics is even more frightening. There's no way to have an intelligent discussion without knowing the details.
We have little control over those geopolitical factors so I don't see how bringing them up furthers this discussion.
It's not just governments, companies overspend and carry plenty of debt. I know that some might say: when a company overspends they'll just go bankrupt, but it's never that simple.
And spent more $$ on things. Like fighting crime. Be it other areas of PS, other than Fn teachers be it LTCs, be gasp save the planet the ministry of the Enviroment and the Ministry of forestry…be it expansions to the 407, 412, 418, Go. In his first years before Covid hit, and utterly trashed the fiscal situation he spent more than Wynne….
That’s hardly typical Conservative ideology.
But…..
it makes me laugh sometimes. He’s trying to push expansion so we can actually build housing to meet demand ( good luck with that) and the left is whining about the homeless, the cost of rent/housing, immigration numbers to the gta, and god forbid. Development on green spaces…Look around Ontario. What’s left?
to the west the Niagara Escarpment, to the north Lake Simcoe, to the North East the oak ridges Morraine ( do you like fresh, clear, cold water) to the south Lake Ontario.
Certainly beats the shit out of wind farms the GTA ramned down rural Ontarios throats and no one gave a shit….
There is no doubt there is waste. There is s difference between there being some wateful spending and not getting much for out tax dollars
