leadership

• Members of the Jury, Disregard that…
• Promoting Tax Cuts Over Health
• Harper, Human Rights, China, uh huh
• Harper Opens Bridge
• Thank You Mr. Harper
• Politicians Who Listen
• Why Don’t We Care?

I think we have all seen the Government of Canada ads these days, pushing those Home Reno Tax Cuts, and yet, as we move into Flu Season, how many ads or information have you seen the Harper Government dole out?  ANY?

Let’s talk about those Harper Friendly Ads as well. They talk about how people are saving so much, because they spend some money to renovate their home, and how so many businesses are being propped up by this influx of spending. HOWEVER, have you done the math? Seriously, in order to save some cash on your taxes, you gotta spend a whopping amount of change.

DOES THE AVERAGE WAGE EARNER MAKE ENOUGH TO SPEND SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO SAVE A GRAND ON THEIR TAXES?

Think about it, and give your head a shake. People are finding it tough to make the mortgage payments, fill the pantry with food, but they can spend ten to twenty odd thousand dollars to renovate, and save a grand or so on their tax bill?  I DON’T THINK SO.

Look at the ads as well, that promote the Harper Line of attack against the opposition. Now, it is one thing to tell us about the tax cuts, but to me, rather wrong to use TAXPAYER MONEY to promote the CONSERVATIVE PARTY.  To me that is just plain STEALING of my money.

All the ads direct viewers to a Tory-blue government website that includes more than 40 different photos of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and refers repeatedly to “the Harper government” — apparently in direct contravention of Treasury Board communications policy. ( CBC News )

Flu Season is on us, and we have all had the crap scared out of us with the Swine Flue stuff, and yet while the Government holds true to form, in how it protects us, by not, there is very little being said about what IS being done. We heard awhile back about over 50 million vaccines being readied, and yet nothing about how it will be distributed. Even now we don’t know if health care workers will be given shots first, or those at risk. Hell, we don’t even know what precautions to take for our own protection.

I have a health care worker in daily for my 92 year old mother, so what precautions should I be taking, to protect her, and me, from the flue? Or will the Government send me a free body bag, just in case?