Beer and Popcorn Version 2.0

I am a simple man.

I believe that that I shouldn’t buy what I can’t afford (but at times I do)

I believe that if the economy is bad, it may not be the best time to make that huge purchase

I believe that being careful with taxpayer dollars is not just a courtesy, it’s a responsibility.

Most of all, I believe that no one is better suited to raise your own kids then you are.

In 1993 when a national daycare program was being touted, I will admit to feeling a knot tighten in my stomach. I have resided myself to the fact that I will spend my entire working life paying off a debt and interest on a debt that I had influence on as I was either not born, or was unable to vote.

While it doesn’t sit right with me it’s a reality.

My parents and grandparents screw me, all of our parents and grandparents did because they opted for instant gratification rather then responsibility.

When another money pit like national daycare was discussed in the early 1990’s I wondered how much of a hole would be left for my children and my grandchildren?

The problem with a multibillion dollar nationalized program is that it needs to be funded year after year after year.

If the economy is good, if the economy is bad, it doesn’t matter its billions of dollars that gets thrown into this hole so that a select few can benefit.

And I can assure you I will not be one of those select few, but I will certainly pay the price for those select few.

Its not that I dislike or look down upon low income Canadians, it’s more a matter of enough being enough.

I am not some evil billionaire twisting my moustache in my castle complaining that the tax hike be it via my income taxes or an increase in the GST will cost me an Ivory backscratcher,

I am an upper middle class Canadian who is going to have to funnel more money that I have worked for away from my RRSP’s, from my kids sports, from my rainy day fund, or from something else that I have worked hard to be able to have so that we can have a national day care program when we should be paying off the debt.

In Quebec there is a two to three year waiting list for their Provincially Subsidized Daycare.

Yet there seems to be this mindset that the program is some sort of Shangri-La?

Paul Martin already spent over a billion dollars in national daycare in 2005.

How many spots did it create in the nine Provinces without a program?

Zero.

Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe, and Stephen Harper spent nothing and created the exact same amount.

I am so tired of the opposition playing to the squeaky wheel, and yeah that may make me a bad Canadian but I am so damn tired of being the forgotten majority.

It’s my damn tax dollars you are using to buy votes in the 416, 514, and 604 area codes,
And I have had enough.

While I don’t approve of all of the spending that the Conservatives have moved forward with,

At least they trust me enough to know what’s best for my children.

The Liberals called that “Beer and Popcorn” money,

The Average Canadian Family called that money “Winter Boots”, “Spring Coats”, “Running Shoes”, and “A Hockey Net”.

Now once again I have the Liberal Party of Canada (Along with the NDP, but that is to be expected) telling me that Canadian Families are not as well suited to care for their children as government workers are.

Great Plan!

Raise the taxes of the middle class,
Force both parents to work,
Require them to put their kids in the care of a stranger (If they can find a spot)
And call that job creation.

The solution is simple.

Allow Canadians to Income Split.

Why are you forcing Canadian Parents to work when at least one within most households would love the opportunity to actually RAISE their own children?

Give me the means to keep more of my salary so that rather then lining up to drop my kids off with a government employee, myself or my wife can be there with our own children.

Realize that I am the most qualified to care for my children, realize that I know what is best for my own children, and allow me to do so.