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Originally Posted by teberle
No, it is absolutely not a good thing. More right-wing talking points, provided by the same scumbags who push the deficit paranoia, and for the same reason! There are many things that ONLY the government can provide, and others which it provides much more efficiently than the private sector. I do not have a pension on the line as you suggest, and no, I don't want them controlling my life. I do, however, want to be able to send my kid to a school where he can get a proper education, without having to pay exorbitant private school tuition, and without him being one of 40 in the class. I also want access to quality health care. We can't have these things without government taxing and spending. I think it would be great if you and people who share your views could spend some time living in the government-free utopia you advocate. You'd be begging to come back to civilization in a jiffy.
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You seem to be very invested in big government. There are very few things that only government can provide, and nothing they provide is done more efficiently than the private sector. If you can provide an example I would be glad to argue the point further, but really this is nonsense.
WRT education, I would rather have a lower tax burden and be able to choose an expensive private school. The NDP provided a perfect example of exactly what is wrong with public education. This province spent addition billions on the issue and managed to reduce class sizes by 1! If class size is an important metric why can it not be reduced? Yet the bureaucracy that deals with Education continues to grow at an astounding rate, use up resources that should be directed towards students and generates bureaucratic inertia that maintains the status quo. Why is it that private schools manage to have smaller class sizes?
I also want access to high quality health care, but much of what I have been forced to deal with has not been particularly good quality at all. Furthermore I am never given the option to seek alternate opinions or treatments. It is always take it or leave it. Again I would much rather have lower taxes and pick and choose my medical service provider.