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Originally Posted by Jacks
This resource dividend idea is a stupid one. Surplus money should go into the Heritage Fund, not be used as a slush fund. Ralph bucks were dumb and so is this.
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We agree!
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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
I just find it pedantic that there is some hidden value in a collective spending versus individual. You can take your $300 and invest it in your childs school directly. You could spend it on a health care supplement or alternative treatment. You could use it to offset school fees, textbooks or tutoring expenses. The idea being that an individual can best decide exactly where spurplus money is best spent to help themselves.
But yet, the argument that people are too dumb to spend this money where it would impact them the most and the government could better spend it is pervasive in left wing thinking. That people are stupid and would buy beer and popcorn instead of helping their children or families directly.
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Sure, people
could do those things, but they don't. I think that we should increase taxes (as stated and argued about before), but I won't be cutting a cheque for extra. The reality is that this money is provincial surplus money and should be used for the benefit of a lot of the population. Almost no one is going to send that cheque back to the government to build anything or fund anything of consequence.