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Originally Posted by thymebalm
You don't pay for these shows. Your tax contribution to the CBC is so measly that it couldn't pay for a costume for an actor to wear for a single day on set. Besides, you might not watch it, and nor does the cheese farmer from Quebec who chipped in taxes to pay for your highway upgrade, but there's a mother at home in Manitoba who watches the CBC every afternoon while she takes care of her and her sister's kids. Are you pissed at her? She's a stay at home mom for God's sake! How dare she watch the TV channel YOU paid for! She doesn't even PAY TAXES! Get a grip, dude.
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So do I or do I not pay for the shows? I pay tax of which some goes to the CBC. I don't like that, even if it is a few pennys or dollars. From what I understand, Quebec is a have not province and does not pay for our roads. I might be wrong here, but I doubt it. Why would I be mad at someone who watches that channel? Try to stick to what I post and not make stuff up.
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And I don't want any money spent on the military. On fighter jets. On naval ship repairs. On oil subsidies. On tainted infrastructure projects. On the Prime Ministers security detail. But shoot, I guess I'm stuck in this great country where everyone gets a piece of the pie.
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You have a right to make those arguments, but this thread is about the CBC. Try to stick to the topic.
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Originally Posted by thymebalm
How are my comments insulting? His math is insulting. It's a straw man argument. I'm just cutting up the facts my friend. If logic insults you, that's not my fault. Way more money went to many other things that likely affect you less.
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Insulting in that you think that my tax dollars should somehow go to something as non essential as the CBC and due to the small amount I shouldn't care. I have a right to care, it is my money. If it is for so little, why don't the people that want it donate the money?
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That's not how Crown Corporations work. It's not all in or nothing. Some crown corporations are completely self-sufficient- others rely on a mixed revenue of tax dollars and earnings. A corporation is part of the market, Crown or otherwise. This idea of saying "they need to stay out of the way of the independent markets" is silly. They need the market to make money, otherwise they aren't a corporation at all, they are just a tax program.
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Perhaps you should review the entire list of the federal Crown corporations to see just how odd the CBC fits in with the rest.
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"Let the CBC stick to national news that is free of political bias or fold them, simple as that." Why? What is your argument? You demand actions, but why? Because you don't use the service? "Shut down every road that doesn't lead to my house, WTH do I need it? Let the Market deal with roads!" <- That's what you sound like.
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Not sure where you get this argument from? I do watch the CBC and I don't want my taxes paying for it. As a taxpayer and a voter and a citizen I can protest. Not sure why I pay for a tv channel...Roads on the other hand assist in our economy. And yes, there is debate on roads. For example, urban sprawl is an ongoing Calgary issue. You seem very naive.
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You don't want the CBC to compete in the marketplace but you also don't want you them to take so much of your taxes. You can't have your cake and eat it too. They'd need a lot more of your tax dollars to operate without the revenue that hockey brings in. Especially with no one watching if it's a 24/7 news station without a budget.
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Not sure what you are talking about. If they take our tax dollars than they shouldn't compete with companies that do not take our tax dollars. If they require no tax dollars, than great. Your reading comprehension is rather weak.
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Originally Posted by thymebalm
I get it. You want to bleed blue. You want everyone to know that you don't need any of them. The rest of the populous can go to hell for all you care. You've got yours and you don't care about anyone else.
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Again, not sure what you are talking about. I bleed blue?
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Let's just say that I, too, wish there was some place you could go so you didn't have to put up with our commie little country.
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Very interesting. You don't like the fact I don't like our federal 'news' agency and thus I should leave the country? WTF is wrong with you? I think your weak arguments and ludicrous claims are rather funny, so please continue posting.