Budget cuts to affect MP's

[Topaz]

Supposedly, MP's will feel the cuts too, but I really don't think its going to hurt their pensions and instead it will cut their traveling expenses, like their freebies, which includes their families. I think it will be many little things but not their pensions, which I feel they should pay more towards instead of the taxpayers. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/budget-cuts-will-hit-mp-pensions-harper-says/article2356033/

[Sa'adoni]

Supposedly, MP's will feel the cuts too, but I really don't think its going to hurt their pensions and instead it will cut their traveling expenses, like their freebies, which includes their families. I think it will be many little things but not their pensions, which I feel they should pay more towards instead of the taxpayers. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/budget-cuts-will-hit-mp-pensions-harper-says/article2356033/

They should completely remote MP salaries and political aid salaries. Likewise they should only allow not allow currently serving legislators to serve on the executive.

Legislators could always be "appointed up" to the executive but they should abandon their seat if they do, so they can focus on their job.

The government shouldn't be paying for support staff that isn't "government owned".

If we need more representatives make more ridings, not more paid assistants to divert communications from the actual representative.

Only a modest service pension should be provided if the MP is in hardship. Likewise residence costs and work related transportation should be taken into consideration.

Weeding out the people more concerned about their paycheck than public service is a good first go at improving the system.

For running a deficit and debt they sure have a greater sense of entitlement than they should.

Competent people don't run a productive and growing public economy into massive debt.

They should have their payments and pensions after hardship considerations adjusted to pay down the debt they racked up.

I'm really surprised the general public is paying for business people to watch sports games?

http://www.canada.com/sports/Flaherty+rejects+Ontario+sports+ticket+break/6255008/story.html

Funding sports and athletics is one thing, but it is pretty sad when the sports poeple say no one in their right mind would pay to watch our sports. You know some people don't make enough for tax deductions..

Wouldn't it make more sense to give the free tickets to people who can't payfor them, than those who make enough not to need to pay for them?

Why fill the stands with people who really couldn't be bothered to a buy a ticket if it ain't free?

What they arn't good enough for sponserships? Fundraising?

Why not just give direct subsidy rather than free tickets andmake the stands open first come first serve, rather than only letting the rich have access to games?

Or nationalize it so that these subsidies don't serve as a funnel to pay already very wealthy people a margin on the ownership of their multimillion dollar sports team. Maybe the public should be getting the profits back... afterall the teams are profitable right?

Why are the rich tycoons getting the cheese from the public udder, shouldn't it be the starving youth..

why the hell are we paying public tax dollars to make people rich for providing a luxury service to the weathly.. it ain't just the wealthy who pay taxes.

Have the FING leauge pay for your freetickets the NHL actually makes money have them pay for your charity.

It should be a loan, if people don't want to support it it dies,welcome to the real world. The world faced by thousands of not for profits that go in debt.

Businesses fail, why the hell are we floating yours?

Why the hell obsesse at the commercial level, there is plenty hockey to go around.

I don't want a future debt to pay for a commercial business to operate.. with no expectation to operate on anything but charity.

Why the hell are we going in debt for ottawa to have a hockey team they won't pay to go see play?

Plenty of rich people in ottawa.. but hold on they don't like hockey? .. but don't all canadians like hockey.

BOO MR. FLAHRETY you are squandering tax dollars. If there is no money in it for the public purse why the hell are you supporting it, corruption much?

But wouldn't you and Mr. Harper play for the ticket, you could probably fill 150 or so paying seats from your caucus alone. If people don't support it from their pockets, why should we support it from ours.. that is DEBT INTEREST BEARING DEBT. You are being an irresponsible hack.

This is why tax write off fail, it should only be a consideration on the basis of hardship, these are nothing but engineering support for non supported busiesses by general corruption.

The public should not be paying for business perks. Only health social welfare and basic needs that are unmet.

END CORPORATE WELFARE CORPORATIONS DON'T HAVE BASIC NEEDS!

END THE WRITE OFFS.

PAYDOWN THE DEBT

RUN 0 DEFICIT

AND END INCOME TAXES!

Edited March 6, 2012 by Sa'adoni