I did not meet many people today, but the ones I did meet were political. There was a varied response to yesterday's election, from ambivalence, to frustration, to dismay. We here in Canada seem to be pretty much in tune with American goings on. Is it because our media is American dominated? Is it because we have an innate understanding that our fate is tied to that of the USA. Apparently we care about them a whole lot more than they care about us. Most of them do not even know we exist.
John Stossel characterises the great American political fight as the takers versus the makers. That is quite insightful, until you realise that both parties are takers, and they can only take from the makers.
Why do the electorate, on both sides of the border, not get that there is nothing 'free' from any government! Not only are the freebies funded by the recipients, but the recipients then become even more dependent on the government for a continuation of the freebies.
All degrees of socialism sap initiative.
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