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Originally Posted by Mr. Ski
Flip your argument around then... how can we trust anyone to raise their own children. Trusting them to wisely spend an extra $100 on care options is the least of societies worries really. How about the really tough decisions. Why not just let the government make all the choices for us, lest we do something wrong.
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To be honest, you can't trust them! There will always be good parents and bad parents. What they do with their own money is their business, so if they want to be bad parents on their own dime, so be it. But why should tax payers pay so that mommy can go to bingo, and daddy can go drink beer? I mean, I am a liberal person, and this is even too liberal for me. How conservatives can reconcile Harper's proposal with their ideology is beyond me. Tax payers have a right and responsibility to know and control how cash handouts are spent. Isn't this one of the reasons so many here don't like the Liberals? D
And if we did this with child care, how long until welfare or health care turns into the same system?
I want a cash handout to spend however I want too! Heck, I deserve more than people with kids. I'm purposely holding off having children until I can raise them without any assistance. If parents deserve $100/month, surely socially responsible people deserve a handout to spend however they want. At least with Liberal and NDP plan, you know that children are receiving the benefits, and parents aren't having fun at tax payer expense. If it costs more, that's fine with me as I see it as a better investment on children.
Harper's plan isn't childcare, it's just a payoff to relinquish government responsibility and to do exactly what they blame the Liberals of doing - buying votes.