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Originally Posted by peter12
Yes, we should. Parties should have to convince us to put the work into private fundraising efforts under the current legislation and allow citizens to make the choice. The voting subsidy is nothing short of theft that all the parties are committing, and it is just particularly odious that the Bloc is the biggest winner.
Just more take from a party whose primary purpose is to take.
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Whether federal financing is appropriate can be argued. The premise of the subsidy was (among other things) to minimize the influence of special interest money. It's an interesting/debatable idea.
Back to the original point, OP was making the argument that we should specifically target the Bloc because he doesn't like their political stance. That is a beautifully facist idea, thus my tongue-in-cheek reply.