{"id":3862,"date":"2013-01-30T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2013-01-30T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T15:38:52","slug":"the-costs-of-our-big-governments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3862","title":{"rendered":"The Costs of our Big Governments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It has become annoying that our political leaders today take no notice of just how big and intrusive Government has become for Canadians. It is equally irritating that they do not recognize (and, in many instances, try to rationalize) just how much government costs its citizens.<\/p>\n

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Government has become too big, too costly. FACT: our Federal Government oversees the largest and most expensive federal bureaucracy Canada has ever known. What is most troubling is that the government has grown under a Conservative watch \u2013 and these \u201cable fiscal managers\u201d have done little to trim the rank and file, done little to curb government spending.<\/p>\n

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Another FACT: This past weekend, Ontarians were presented a new Liberal Premier whose answer to our Province\u2019s ailments is to increase government activity. Kathleen Wynne is about to give us more of the same of Dalton McGuinty\u2019s fiscal policies \u2013 the same policies that ballooned Ontario\u2019s debt, sunk its credit rating and labeled the Province: \u201cHave-Not\u201d<\/em>. Wynne is all about tax and spend; her agenda is greater dollars to health care and transportation projects, new universally delivered programs for both drugs and child care – and a balanced budget? Very Liberal-esque.<\/p>\n

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FACT: Increased government comes at a cost. Given our federal and provincial governments spend more than they tax, the governments are deferring the payments for today\u2019s services and programs to future taxpayers: our children and grandchildren. \u00a0Simple question:\u00a0 When will Canadians wake up to this fact?<\/p>\n

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As a splash of cold water to the face, By George Journal<\/em> offers a few observations from Ronald Reagan’s January 1981 inauguration speech. Here\u2019s a refreshing view on the role of government that should be heeded by our political leaders today. Reagan\u2019s bons mots:<\/p>\n