Fess up, how much do you drain off the state?

Dr.Knuckles · 05-08-2008, 07:20 PM

Alright, be honest. Since there are constant references to 'liberalism' and 'lazy unemployed parasites" in the same breath around here - I wanted to do a quick comparison.

I tend to vote Liberal or Green (will probably vote Conservative this time but can fairly but can fairly be called a liberal in relation to this crowd we have here).

Think good and hard - how much of a state-sucking parasite are you?

I went to public (government) schools at no extra cost for 13 years.

I have had two surgeries and decades of doctor's visits under public health care.

I get 200 dollars a month from various governments because I have a child. I have no idea why - this was introduced by the federal Conservatives and I neither expected it nor voted for them, but I cash the checks alright.

I received education grants in university. Probably a few thousand dollars worth.

I have never received welfare, unemplyment, disability, pension, social assistance or other financial support of any kind. I have paid into these programs since the first day I got a paper route - and have never had a period of unemplyment beyond over 2 weeks since that day and have paid my taxes honestly and on time.

I used government respources such as websites and Provincial employment centres when I was young to find part-time work.

My church gets tax rebates.

I watch and listen to heavily government funded TV and radio.

So as far as I'm concerned I'm in a left-leaning Province of a Social Democracy and the only ones out of here that strike me as odd are the auto-insurance (which is madness) and the baby money (which is beaurocracy and vote-buying run wild) and the truly awful TV and radio shows which all seem to be about hockey, nature, WW2 or cheap "A part of our heritage" history lessons.