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Old 08-07-2013, 04:15 PM   #164
skeena1
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Originally Posted by Wormius View Post
Tax dollars pay for infrastructure in parts of the city and country that I never use, or subsidize medical procedures I will never use, but I don't bemoan the fact that I pay them. I actually get more value from CBC than I get from streets and street lights in, say, Lake Bonavista.

The argument that all tax money should only be spent on reducing the debt or on reducing suffering all over the world is shrill. Anything can be essential or non-essential depending on your perspective. It's part of life.
As well, the Canadian debt currently stands at 615 billion. Applying full CBC funding to that would reduce it by a whopping
.16%.

Last edited by skeena1; 08-07-2013 at 04:26 PM. Reason: I suck at math.
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