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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I blame the electorate for that. Everyone is looking for something to be wooed into voting a certain way. We have such spending sacred cows that any party proposing scaling back entitlements will get crucified.
We need an adult conversation about health care, CPP, EI and the like. We need to present fairly to Canadians that the next two to three decades our society is going to age dramatically and put excessive strain on everything. Even if a party proposed slashing the health budget, at least then maybe we as a country could get together and hash out exactly what we're willing to live with as far as delivery and funding goes.
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Excellent post. People get what they deserve. It sucks that fiscal conservatives don't have more options, but by voting for a party that is even more fiscally irresponsible, you are only making things worse. As the left gains more seats by basically bribing the lower and middle class, the right has no alternative but to offer them something similar, lest they get obliterated. I think the real sad thing here is the age of entitlement that we have entered into.