That’s my suggestion! Reader Mike writes –
It’s budget time again – you can once again send your suggestions of what you would like to see in the budget.
You can also share your suggestions in the comments, where they’re as likely to be noticed…
That’s my suggestion! Reader Mike writes –
It’s budget time again – you can once again send your suggestions of what you would like to see in the budget.
You can also share your suggestions in the comments, where they’re as likely to be noticed…
Bike lanes added in all major cities. Copy the ON Libs and remove retail sales tax on all bicycles 🙂
Lower taxes on income and beer 🙂
EOM
Sure PhilM.And just how much is everything else going to go up to pay for the bike path make-work project?? Oh Wait.You guys are have-not,so just take it from the West.Musy say,you libbers catch on fast.
I put “lower the %^&*&&^ taxes” in the suggestion box, but it wouldn’t accept that…as soon as I removed the virtual cursing, it went through 🙂
then make all cyclists buy an annual license and pay insurance.
Fair is fair.
FLAT INCOME TAX….
Cancel all funding for government run official languages programs, and divert the money to buying 30 million copies of Rosetta Stone.
It wouldn’t stimulate the economy perse, but it would save a lot of money (and probably work better too).
I agree with Phil, all of Canada should move towards encouraging bike travel. Bikes are by far the most efficient form of transportation for distances under 15 km in the city. Spending money on biking infrastucture is both wise and prudent, it just needs to be made safer so more people can enjoy it as a way to get to work.
1. More spending on government so it can be bigger and therefore better. (It is infrastructure isn’t it? The gun registry continues to employ people. Think of what a switch blade registry could do!)
2. More spending on more support of industries with business models that need adjusting. (If we don’t there will be people out of work and demand will decline. Forget about letting the markets determine success. Prop these businesses up so we can continue to bring new employees in and perpetuate the virtuous cycle of employ/subsidize/spend.)
3. More spending on agriculture supported by quotas. (Milk, cheese and eggs can bear a luxury tax since they are cholesterol ridden and unmoderated consumption will lead to increased health care burden down the road.)
4. More aid to 3rd world basket case countries. (This creates demand for Canadian product and makes us just feel good all over.)
Just kidding – but watch carefully – someone will really want these.
Justthinkin…
Personally, I couldn’t give a rat’s as* if they built bike lanes or not. I have plenty of roads in Ottawa to fly on. I just happen to think, as Matt added, that it would encourage cycling. And the Lord knows this country needs exercise. Intuitively I believe, increased aggregate exericise = lower aggregate health care costs. Cycling just tends to be my exercise of choice so I suggested, tongue-in-cheek, something that would benefit my sport. If the majority of Canadians wish to couch-potato themselves into an early grave, that’s fine with me. I just wish they wouldn’t do it on the taxpayer’s dime.
Well, I know I am dreaming but here we go….Gov’t for less than 100 billion (not including debt service)
Primary Responsibility
1) 30 Billion to “Defense of the Realm”, merge DND, RCMP, customs, CSIS and all the other intelligence related depts. They all become sub depts, at arms length but able to share intelligence.
2) 5 Billion to Justice (prosecution and detention of sh^theads)
Secondary Responsibilities
3) 3 Billion – Create one Environment Dept, handles Agricultural and Forestry Dept (etc, etc)
4) 15 Billion – Create one Energy, Science, Industry and Space Dept.
5) 8 Billion -Create one Infrastructure department, it is responsible for all modes of public transport in canada that require federal funding (roads, rail, waterways, etc) as well as buildings, communications etc.
6) 3 Billion – Finance (merged with bank of canada, receiver general, revenue canada, mint, etc)
7) 2 Billion – General Admin of Government
8) 3 Billion – General Admin of Public Records (includes all records/paperwork that canadian have to deal with the feds over).
9) 20 Billion for Social Security (total revamp of the social security system)
10) 10 Billion – Dept of Gov’t Salaries. All civilian salaries paid through this department.
This is the Max Limit of expenditure of Civilian Government Salaries. All government wages based on maximum of 200,00 employees , salaries have Gaussion Dist with mean value of 50,000 standard deviation of 25,000 and capped at min of 35,000 and max of 110,000 (yes, for MPs and PM as well).
This dept does not handle military salaries, those are inlcuded in 1).
Salary Exceptions for those who put their life on the line for the country (military, police, spies, astronauts, etc).
If you think that the Feds should be paying for something that does not realistically fall into one of these 10 categories then you are full of it.
Now granted, I have only dreamed this up as I typed it, so I might’ve missed something ovbvious
BUT CBC, arts council, and all that crap is definitely CUT
My town painted bike paths last year, and they’re creating some dangerous incidents. They just quit at intersections, and cars have to squeeze into them in order to make a right turn. It doesn’t matter much, right now, since they have four feet high snowbanks on them. It would burn a whole lot extra fossil fuel to clean them. Maybe the bike people should grab a shovel, and get an upper body workout.
Ride bikes to work, plough the fields with oxen and cook our food with dried cow dung. Leave enough high tech infrastructure so Count Iggy and his philospher kings can rule us in the style they deserve. No more debt, no worries.
My economic stimulus priority: $50 refundable tax credit per gopher tail mailed in with your return.
Remove the GST completely for 6 months – let’s go out and buy stuff!
I told them the role of government was to provide for the common defence and to create and enforce the laws, anything more than that is criminal.
I tried the budget consultation process above and got stopped at the point where they sought my level of education. Inexplicably, they have no category for a university graduate.
I wanted to submit a suggestion to fire half the civil servants, and cut taxes accordingly.
Now I say FIRE. THEM. ALL.
Anti-Americanism always works. I wrote in the form how the US has high taxes, so Canada should lower taxes in order to be less like the US.
“A high tax rate is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value” should be the motto of every politician in Canada.
Free breast implants for women in the military.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/09/australian-navy.html
Free breast implants for all women.
1. brew your own beer/wine. No tax on food products (free beer/wine at puddin’s place)
2. buy stuff when vendors offer GST-free sales.
3. lower taxes never hurt anyone.
4. sell the Big 1-2-3 to the UAW/CAW.
5. pay off the credit card balance every month.
6. sell the CBC
7. sell the CWB
8. kill the long gun registry
Wow, great link. I actually spent some time answering those questions but (embarassingly) forgot the cut the CBC and HRDC.
Australian female sailors with implants… PFDs?
Spending Tax money on bike paths in Canada ?
What, you guys have at most 3 months of riding ?
Beer, and more Beer, make Grants available so that ordinary folks can brew beer all winter long in the comfort of their homes.
,
I agree with Mabus, ditch the official language programs and send everyone a copy of the Rosetta Stone. Would be cheaper in the long run and wouldn’t take years to learn the language since the claim is we will be speaking French in 6 weeks.
Ditch the gun registry and open a switch blade or knife registry. There are more knives than guns out there. Oh Yes – add machetes to the list.
Forget the auto bailout, send each family a $20,00 voucher for a new car (big three) the auto workers keep their jobs, the car salemen keep theirs and the CEOs don’t get any richer. Instead of more infrastructure money give each family 50 thousand to pay off their debts, mortgages and buy all the necessities they need. What’s left over can go to roads and bridges. I’d make a great PM.
Consarn it! I sent in my ideas, and completely forgot, as some here have mentioned, “SELL THE CBC”, and cheap, if necessary.
A fixed vox pop if I’ve ever seen one.
However, I ranked my own personal ideas as #1 priority and gave them my penny’s worth.
If you want to stimulate the economy:
Sell the CBC to The Friends of CBC for $1 (one dollar). Immediate saving: $1 billion.
Raise the level at which income tax kicks in, for all, to $20k. Reduce ALL income taxes by 15% immediately.
Cut government two years later to avoid a “systemic” or “chronic” federal government deficit.
PhilM at January 7, 2009 9:49 AM
I have just finished shoverlling a foot of snow of tf the drive way; I didn’t need the gym today.
dipper at January 7, 2009 2:33 PM
Free women for all me 🙂
3 since marriage doesn’t mean much,…
single woman living off the avails of society to be auctioned off after 3 months of govt handouts.
2 Give more money to bloggers to provide economic stimulus. In inverse proportion to the number of hits they get. 🙂
1 Stop costly immigrationm and affirmative action because we need the people who are here.
dolly I like your thinking;-)
but why not make it a gazillion dollars! Think big! If Al Gore is right it’s the end of the world, screw the creditors. If Al’s wrong, screw the future, they’re just kids, they don’t know anything anyway. Just think we’ll thank ourselves in the short run.