BAILOUTS AND BOONDOGGLES

PUBLISHED IN THE CHARTER NEWSPAPER ON 28 JUNE 2010.
PUBLISHED IN THE GANDER BEACON NEWSPAPER ON 8 JULY 2010.
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If a person from a large corporation (let's use Kruger) and a Person from the Heart and Stroke Foundation came to your door at the same time, whom would you give a donation to?

That is the question that I keep asking people and they keep getting the answer right, but then they vote for the wrong answer!

The Danny Williams Government (and Stephen Harper's Conservative Government for that matter) keeps taking taxpayers money and giving it (or being sued for it) to large corporations (bailout of Kruger, expropriation of AbitibiBowater, etc).

If a company can't make it in the business world, it's usually because of poor management or a downturn in the market. When we bail them out, they are taking our money, money needed for Doctors, Nurses, Roads, Infrastructure, Parks, Senior Citizens, etc.

Kruger doesn’t bail us out when we need a new road or have to pay more property taxes because of government cuts to our Infrastructure Grants, so why should we bail them out?

The Danny Williams Government thinks it can give bailout money away to corporations but make us beg for better healthcare, roads, clean drinking water, government services, Senior's Pensions, etc? It’s our MONEY!!! This is an experience being felt all across Canada as well.

Lowering standards for Chevron by the Conservatives is not in our best interest. It will put our Fishery, Environment, and Tourism in danger.

Danny Williams says that if we don’t let them lower their standards to reduce costs, he will have to make cuts to our Healthcare and other public services. That’s a THREAT!

It was Tommy Douglas in Saskatchewan, first leader of the NDP and voted Greatest Canadian, who introduced Healthcare, Unemployment Insurance, Old Age Pension, and Central Banking. These are still our best services in NL and Canada today. Back then it was about people, not profits.

Let’s cut the BS! Let’s cut the Conservative “Bailouts and Boondoggles” with our money and get back to governing for the PEOPLE, not catering to corporations!