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Originally Posted by HOOT
I personally don't vote for a number of reasons but I still think they should have elections. I just think elections should be planned every 4 years, not every 1.5 years. How can a government accomplish anything if you are changing so often?
It's also another reason you see voter decline every election people are starting not to care because if you pick the wrong guy you just get to do it again in 18 months.
It's just sad that in Canada we have to close down schools and hospitals because of budget cuts but then spend money in places it isn't needed.
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I guarantee you that the money spent by the federal government on elections has no effect on provincial funding levels for hospitals and schools.
And that's not just because of the whole federalism thing. It's also because relative to the entitlement programs and administrative costs of government, the amount spent on elections is actually tiny. You can say it's "inefficient" if you like, and I'd say "well, it probably depends on the program, its institutional structure and the value of its policy goals." But the substance of government (programs, administrative costs, materials, salaries, benefits, etc.) costs many thousands of times more than the occasional election.
Not to mention the fact that the cost of NOT having elections is in many ways much higher.