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Old 10-25-2018, 10:01 AM   #1237
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Originally Posted by GullFoss View Post
That’s what governments do. They waste money. What would you rather they waste it on? Tax breaks for the rich? Subsidizing renewable power? Buying back coal plants just to moth ball them? Buying multimillion dollar homes on the river just to knock them down? New offices for the premier? A larger military budget that we’ll never need? Inflated public sector salaries? A bloated bureaucracy? A rediculously expensive refinery with carbon capture?
What a ridiculously slanted list.

How about we add:

-build roads and other infrastructure
-build schools and employee teachers
-build hospitals
-employee first responders
- and many more

I personally am on the fence still as I continue to gather facts, as are many others. One-sided propaganda like this doesn't help the conversation, it holds it back. There is waste in government and there is a huge bureaucracy in government but let's not pretend that there isn't a positive public utility from all levels of government. I don't mean to single you out as there are others on the other side that do the same thing. We can do better and have more meaningful discourse I think.
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