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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Yes it is, that's why we elect people to make decisions for us. Otherwise we'd be having 10 referendums a day trying to decide Albertan policy.
Not quite sure how you can derive such a conclusion.... |
Perhaps that was worded poorly.
The gov't should not be appropriating taxpayer money to spend it in a manner that the gov't believes disposable income should be spent.
1) The tax revenue is not always disposable.
2) Gov't subsidies throw off the supply/demand system, I think we'd all agree there is way too much crappy music/tv/art/movies out there. The truly talented
can't get attention from the masses because there is too much white noise drowning them out.
3) It is not the role of the gov't to spend taxpayer's disposable income for them. Arts have never fed the hungry or warmed the cold. It is a luxury, and therefore not in the scope of the gov't.