Nice Priorities for the Federal Conservatives

It’s your tax dollars at work. A consistent refrain from fiscal conservatives, many of whom still defend this government vehemently, and in the process reveal selective outrage and patent hypocrisy. I’ve been somewhat amused, that this government has somewhat successfully spun the ludicrous advertising expenditure for the EAP. After all, it was this batch of Conservatives that used to rise to the pulpit, puffed up with moral outrage, ridiculing those bastard Liberals and their free spending ways. Remember, it was your tax dollars at work. And yet, here we sit, these Conservatives spending THREE, FOUR times the amount on self promotion, more than Liberals ever dreamed of at their HEIGHT of entitled arrogance. It’s almost surreal when you compare and contrast.

Another core tenet, the idea of streamlined civil service, because, well you know, it’s your tax dollars at work. We’re in the midst of an economic meltdown, the government coffers running dry. There are threats of massive cuts, leaner times, and YET these Conservatives find the time to worry about the most mundane in the name of self interest. What a colossal waste of your tax dollars:

In the most stark terms, we see that priority wasn’t making sure every dollar was stimulating the economy. But, more rightly we see that every MEANS POSSIBLE was employed to ensure YOU know who was paying for what, who was doling out the cash. Partisan ads, under the guise of the EAP. Forcing municipalities to pony up, partially pay for the signs, or risk not getting any funding. The civil service, distracted and wastefully used, with the only motivation- political self interest and partisan promotion.

How do these Harper fiscal conservatives still do it? How do they contort themselves so that they can someone rationalize selling their supposed "beliefs" to back this complete affront? We’re paying for this, we’re paying for 100 million in needless advertising per annum. We’re paying for staged events, renouncements, announcements of reannoucements. We’re paying our civil servants to effectively work on the government’s re-election campaign. Yes, it’s true and it only requires hind brain cognition to see it, in all it’s glory.

It’s all relative I guess. Your tax dollars at work, but it all depends on who is working the till I suppose.