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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
You work for "free" until June? So you get absolutely NO advantage from police protection, you went to private school and have never seen a doctor?
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Yes, that is correct. My income goes to the government and pays for those services.
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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
As for the CBC and tax money.... MOST developed countries have a national broadcaster that is at least partially paid for from tax money. The purpose of the national broadcaster isn't to make money, but rather to an end that could not be met by a for-profit broadcaster. When you limit the profit motive, you can get away with "Marketplace". When you limit the profit motive, you can afford to take risks such as with "Little Mosque on the Prairie". When you limit the profit motive you can afford to promote young Canadian talent the way CBC Radio does while commercial radio sticks with the tried and true. And its not just new musicians that CBC and CBC Radio promote - it's comedians, authors, artists of all forms... And I think that is worth the drop-in-a-bucket that we pay for them. Actually, as we slash and burn the CBC, the more American and British shows they are forced to air as they become more profit-driven, taking away from their mandate. Which then makes people question why we have them it at all.
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The public broadcaster would get more support from a more diverse segment of the population if they were not so politically leaning, bottom line. That is the problem for much of Canada, they are more of a publically funded Liberal tool than a public broadcaster. I don't want my money spent on them in any way shape or form.