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Originally Posted by jayswin
I think part of the reason it's become a sacred cow is because of where the discussion always starts on our health care system. I'm not sure where the discussion goes in your experience but in mine with conservatives in this country it almost always goes directly to it not being free for everyone and that's where people get their backs up immediately.
Cutting costs? Absolutely. Making sure it's not bloated and that we're getting good value for taxes? Absolutely. Trimming back health care wages and salaries? Sure, but just be careful.
But it almost always goes to "We need to implement user fees and it should quite frankly be pay for use, I'm tired of payin' for a bunch of new Canadians to get health care". This type of stuff will get the average Canadian's back up, for sure.
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This is the thing that drives me absolutely batcrap crazy.
Of course 'be careful.'
This is the thing, everyone in positions of power wants to implement broad, sweeping policies that are intended to make positive changes.
Thats not always necessary or efficient (looking at you minimum wage). Look at the structure, look at the 'on-the-ground' actual and real information.
You get elected and then its all 'pay-for-access' dinners and flights to Conferences in Paris, nobody ever sits down and cracks open the goddamned ledger and asks 'is this a reasonable price?'
Nobody ever wants to sit down and do the actual work.
Its just too easy to say: "We're not going to touch healthcare because, well, its healthcare. We're not going to touch Education because, well, the children."
Why cant we sit down and go through the books and say:
- Do we need two managers for this?
- Is this a reasonable price?
- Can we reform the pensions somewhat?
- Are our wages in line?
- Can our practices be modified?
And we're not allowed to do any of this because if you even try you're killing old people and turning our children into idiots.