04 October 2011

Subsidising political parties should be...

...a choice... not a tax...
-- OTTAWA -- The Harper government on Tuesday introduced legislation to scrap direct taxpayer subsidies for federal political parties. The move, to be implemented over three years, will eventually save nearly $30 million annually.

The public subsidies were first introduced by the Chretien government in 2003.
You wanna financially support the political party of your choice... it should be a choice. Taxing me to further the agenda of the NDP... or the Bloc... is adding insult to injury.

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halls of macadamia/You ever wonder how many of our tax dollars these guys spend on frivolous stuff like this?