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Originally Posted by Thunderball
There's very little that can be done, short of a socialist revolution to change the inherent plutocracy of the Western World in general. Every group can claim some sort of grievance in the name of the pursuit of equality.
The poor claim they can't afford to have a voice, the rich claim their voice doesn't match what they put in. The poor claim they shouldn't pay the same tax as the rich, the rich claim its not fair for them to pay a higher percentage of their earnings. And so on...
Yes, that $30m/yr or $120m/election cycle evens the playing field, but it comes from someone... namely the Canadian Taxpayer, and primarily, the higher income taxpayer. The poor claim that this $30m gives them a voice. The rich claim its their $30m being used to pay for parties that don't represent them.
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I know you are trying to say here, and I am not directing this comment at you, but I hate it when people throw the terms "rich" and "poor" around. I'd like to see some justification and reasoning as to what these terms really mean.