Subsidy - The Liberal Way or the Conservative Way
The mendacity measurement index hit another new high today, thanks to our esteemed Prime Minister. He stood before the cameras in St. John's and said the Conservative plan to support early childhood education by paying $1200 per child under six years of age directly to the parents, proved the Conservatives don't believe in subsidizing day care.
Mr. Martin is an educated man and knows the definition of subsidize. In case he has forgotten, here it is: to furnish with a subsidy : as a : to purchase the assistance of by payment of a subsidy b : to aid or promote with public money.
So Mr. Martin knows the Conservative plan is a direct subsidy to the parents of children under the age of six. It is a subsidy that is not bloated with bureaucratic over-governance, so perhaps Mr. Martin simply no longer recognizes a subsidy when he sees one. The fact Liberal social policy has been co-opted by the leftist NDP agenda over the last several years may explain that.
Conservatives oppose the creation of another level of bureaucracy in order to administer the subsidy. Conservatives believe parents know better than politicians and bureaucrats, how to best provide for the early education of their children.
Conservatives believe parents who choose to have one of the parents stay home to care for their children are every bit as deserving of a subsidy to assist in the financial cost of that decision, as are parents who choose to place their children in day care outside the home.
Conservatives believe we must break the cycle of dependence that has overwhelmed Canada. Too many Canadians look to government for solutions to all their social concerns, partly because they believe since we pay such high taxes the government should have the funds to provide the services. Reduce our taxes and leave the money in the hands of people, and they will begin to take more responsibilty for their own well-being.
Scary thought isn't it?
Mr. Martin is an educated man and knows the definition of subsidize. In case he has forgotten, here it is: to furnish with a subsidy : as a : to purchase the assistance of by payment of a subsidy b : to aid or promote with public money.
So Mr. Martin knows the Conservative plan is a direct subsidy to the parents of children under the age of six. It is a subsidy that is not bloated with bureaucratic over-governance, so perhaps Mr. Martin simply no longer recognizes a subsidy when he sees one. The fact Liberal social policy has been co-opted by the leftist NDP agenda over the last several years may explain that.
Conservatives oppose the creation of another level of bureaucracy in order to administer the subsidy. Conservatives believe parents know better than politicians and bureaucrats, how to best provide for the early education of their children.
Conservatives believe parents who choose to have one of the parents stay home to care for their children are every bit as deserving of a subsidy to assist in the financial cost of that decision, as are parents who choose to place their children in day care outside the home.
Conservatives believe we must break the cycle of dependence that has overwhelmed Canada. Too many Canadians look to government for solutions to all their social concerns, partly because they believe since we pay such high taxes the government should have the funds to provide the services. Reduce our taxes and leave the money in the hands of people, and they will begin to take more responsibilty for their own well-being.
Scary thought isn't it?
posted by Ben Buan | 9:09 a.m.
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