B.C. bill to ban corporate and union donations, replaces revenue with public subsidy
Been there, done that federally. The provinces are behind the times when it comes to political financing. Getting the tax-payer to support them is just wrong.
B.C. bill to ban corporate and union donations, replaces revenue with public subsidy
Been there, done that federally. The provinces are behind the times when it comes to political financing. Getting the tax-payer to support them is just wrong.
This allows the Homeless & Fruit-loops, who can’t raise money from enthusiastic supporters, a path to political power…
If you are a deplorable candidate, nobody will need to know
It’s just that Communists never give – they only take. Government funding politics is just wrong.
Come on, fellows. You need to allow some time for transition, just as we did with the feds.
Cretin started it with the fed subsidies, and then Harper whittled them down. I’m sure the same will happen in BC.
Now, if only it would happen in Ontario….
The poltiicians love to get public money to finance them, then they don’t have to give an eff about anyone else.
It should be as simple as only those who pay taxes, get to vote.
Imagine an empty pool.
Tax is water.
How the pool is emptied is government.
How is the pool filled?
Dig a well to get water to fill the pool.
Carry buckets from the river.
Carry buckets from a lake.
Collect rain water.
Build a desalination plant.
Fill a cup from the pool, pee some back into the pool… wait what now? You are not filling the pool.
Government employees should not be allowed to vote. It is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict of interest.
Welfare recipient always votes more welfare.
Government employee always votes more government.
First nations always gonna vote more big screen TV.
Only people actually filling the pool, should get a say on how the pool is drained. Filling a cup from the pool, then pouring 10% back in is not filling the pool. Representation without taxation is basically the world we live in. Peter will always vote for a higher tax on paul so that Peter gets a raise.
A war was fought in some country somewhere, over taxation without representation. I wonder what the end result of a vast majority of takers always out voting the makers will be? It sounds a lot like taxation without representation…
No taxation without represention.
No (or very limited) representation without taxation.
Thoroughly disgusted at the socialist trough feeders. These dimwits have learned NOTHING!
a means test and a scaled vote………and no funding from unions or publically traded companies….also no out of country/province funding
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Check out the payday for the Green Party though….for all three seats they get half of what Libs and NDP are getting.
“Over the next four years, taxpayers will foot a bill of $6.8 million for the B.C. NDP and the B.C. Liberal parties. The Green Party will be allotted $2.8 million over the same four year period. ”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-government-to-ban-union-and-corporate-political-donations-1.4295482
Funny how Comrade Horgan never mentioned his taxpayer funded solution during the campaign. He was sure full of details about everything else.
Lying by deception and omission.
He did and he lied
https://soundcloud.com/shane-woodford/john-horgan-is-asked-if-his-plan-to-ban-union-and-corporate-will-cost-taxpayers
Now with this bribe the NDP have secured their slim majority by purchasing Green solidarity with tax dollars.
Just needs a little tweaking:
“…a public subsidy tied to votes received in the most recent election. The subsidy would start at $2.50 a vote …”
Everyone who thinks this is a good idea, show up at the poll with $2.50 in cash and hand it over to the party of your choice.
Banning union donations? Big deal. This is nothing more than disingenuous showboating. Ryan Meili, leadership hopeful for the Sask. NDP has made the same phony pledge. Horgan and Meili both know damned well that the unions will spend millions on advertising demonizing any opposition to the NDP. The NDP could reduce their advertising budget to zero knowing full well that the unions would take up the slack.
Something tells me that union and corporate donations are about to drop off a cliff. Hmmm, wonder why.
The only problem with this approach is that you’re disenfranchising the police and army, arguably the people with the most on the line.
And once exceptions for “life on the line” are applied, the number of professions that are deemed dangerous will balloon to restore teachers, social workers, and other dependable big-government voter to the ranks.
It would seem that the population of BC is ok with giving politicians from public through.
If so, one suppose that would be their business.
The danger here is that the low life politicians of Alberta will see it as another way to skim from those that wake up in the morning, get up and go to work to make a living.
The politicians are told by their handlers that that is the way to go, the population has no power, zero, none, to stop it.
Being scammed by the politicians is now up front without fear.
The handlers know and your everyday joe does not know, does not care.
Those that do care are few and far in between as the saying goes. Not enough critical mass to stop it.
The same goes for the “journalists”, they are in on the scam and want other people’s money, so they will support it.
No doubt some that read this will agree with the ruling class.
Just watch.
The ruling class never had it so good.
When I was in the BCGEU,many years ago, almost the entire membership was very,very supportive of the NDP. One of the big reasons was that the NDP had given them a nice hearty raise when they got into government. There’s nothing like a good dose of taxpayer’s money to melt the heart of………….anyone.
They can ban Union donations with impunity,knowing very well that individual members will donate just as much as the Union would formally.
join a party and support it. no money should come from anyone other than individual supporters. make that law and things will change.