The barring corporate donations and low caps on personal donations is a great idea. I'd vote for that. I'd support that. But Harper wasn't suggesting we replace the system. He was suggesting that we eliminate the system we have to score himself some points and cripple his enemies. It backfired.
Funny you should mention the Bloc. For one thing, they've been a party in government for many years now. They don't seem to be going away, and they also seem to be working for their constituents, which is frankly their job. I disagree with them on several core points of their policy (to say the least), but this $2-per-vote system is at least fair in that -- it gives money even to the parties I don't like, proportional to their support in the country.
And frankly right now I have more respect for the Bloc and for Duceppe than I have for the Conservative party and Harper. So much more, in fact, and so angry am I that Harper is such a megalomaniacal dog turd, that I am going to be giving money to every major political party come next election, INCLUDING the Bloc and EXCLUDING the Conservatives. Apparently they don't want my money, they certainly don't want my vote, and they won't be getting either.
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Date: 2008-12-03 03:21 pm (UTC)Funny you should mention the Bloc. For one thing, they've been a party in government for many years now. They don't seem to be going away, and they also seem to be working for their constituents, which is frankly their job. I disagree with them on several core points of their policy (to say the least), but this $2-per-vote system is at least fair in that -- it gives money even to the parties I don't like, proportional to their support in the country.
And frankly right now I have more respect for the Bloc and for Duceppe than I have for the Conservative party and Harper. So much more, in fact, and so angry am I that Harper is such a megalomaniacal dog turd, that I am going to be giving money to every major political party come next election, INCLUDING the Bloc and EXCLUDING the Conservatives. Apparently they don't want my money, they certainly don't want my vote, and they won't be getting either.