If only Government could clean my house

I was trying to stay awake and study for a class that I am taking (for some professional development).  It was getting late and my eyes were really heavy and I was ready to quit.  All of a sudden I could hear the late night news cast discuss some statistics regarding topics that Canadian felt were important important for the upcoming election.

There was quite a collection of topics that Canadians felt were important and many of the topics did not have gigantic "for" or "against" percentages.  The two topics that the news cast mentioned that Canadians were almost universal on was that the federal debt needs to be addressed and that government services to Canadians should not be reduced.

I fail to see how this is possible to address both without greatly increases taxes, or soaking one specific class of citizen.

I can understand why Canadians want government services; because they are taxed so heavily and they can't afford to run their own lives and they want some of that tax money back in the form of services.  The problem is an unending circle where we ask for services, the government taxes us to complete that service, and we ask for more services because we are taxed, so we get taxed.....I think you know where this is going....

It's time to really look at what the role of the federal government ought to be.  To quote Ron Paul: "If we think that the role of government is to police the world and take care of us from cradle to grave, you can't get rid of the income tax." 

As hard as it is, we need to reject the majority of federal government services, and then strenuously fight to have our hard earned income from being taken from us in the first place. 

When we run a nanny state, we expect services, but we also get a myriad of regulations and laws that are in place to help look after us and keep us safe (nutritional labelling, seat belt laws etc).  Many of these regulations cost money to police and they only protect a small percentage of the population.  Perhaps, rather than making a law, people should look after their own self interests.   

I always found it strange that I work for 2 weeks, get my cheque, and the federal government allows me to keep a percentage of it while they take what they initially feel is justified.  Sure I can get a portion back at tax time, but it feels strange that they essentially own my wage.