Promises, Promises....

We are in serious trouble.  I have seen the early promises that the Liberal party has dolled out for this coming election and it really scares me to see the role that they insist on taking in our lives.

I’ve read about a Liberal promise of $8 billion without raising the personal income tax.  This is part of a new initiative taken to help Canadian families.  The claim is that the $8 billion will not affect income tax levels.  So that leaves 3 choices (that I can see): print the money, run large deficits that others pay for later, or take $8 billion from other spending and transfer it over to this family plan.

I doubt they could be so stupid as to print the money and you would think they wouldn’t be so short sighted as to just run a huge deficit for future administrations to deal with so I’m going with the transfer in spending.

I have 3 issues with this proposed spending.  1) It does not address the deficit we have.  2) It implies that it is the Federal Governments job to look after us and 3) it’s an obvious promise of cash and spending directed towards the average Canadian as a way to buy election votes.

I see no actual principles in these measures; it looks like they will just do whatever it takes to get the vote.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s not the governments’ job to look after us with providing child care, or helping out someone going to university.  A fifty year old who has never had children has no need to have part of his income stolen through taxes and then given to a family he doesn’t know.  It’s immoral, forced charity.  I find these ideas very utopian sounding and full of socialist ideals; “The Government will take care of its’ children, everyone can have an equal share…”

What worries me more however is that there will be a number of people that will be swayed with this political game.  It sounds nice, it sounds like they really care for us but it simply isn’t their job and it can’t be done.  The federal government is incapable of spending us towards prosperity.  People need to start fighting for tax reduction and then look to take care of themselves without looking to government to plunder other sectors of the population for money.  It’s time people step up to the plate and take command of their own life.     

I have yet to hear from any candidate to really hit on the topic of cutting spending.  If we really want economic prosperity we need a federal government who will drastically reduce its’ size, reduce its spending and then reduce taxes.  This is the only true moral stance a federal government can take to help put people back on their own two feet.