Comments on: Conservatives to Cut Public Funding For Political Parties http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/conservatives-to-cut-public-funding-for-political-parties/ Thoughts on international affairs, foreign policy, and politics Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:06:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy :: Conservatives Go for the Kill http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/conservatives-to-cut-public-funding-for-political-parties/#comment-52 Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy :: Conservatives Go for the Kill Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:25:59 +0000 http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-52 [...] other bloggers have noted, the Conservatives are looking to finish off several opposition parties including the Greens and [...] [...] other bloggers have noted, the Conservatives are looking to finish off several opposition parties including the Greens and [...]

]]> By: Warren http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/conservatives-to-cut-public-funding-for-political-parties/#comment-49 Warren Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:02:51 +0000 http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-49 Tim, Removing the caps wouldn't be my ideal scenario either. But in the context of removing public funding, I think it becomes a question of how poor we want our political parties to be. Tim,

Removing the caps wouldn’t be my ideal scenario either. But in the context of removing public funding, I think it becomes a question of how poor we want our political parties to be.

]]> By: » “In this, the Conservatives aim to level a strategic blow to the Liberals”. Scott’s DiaTribes: My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/conservatives-to-cut-public-funding-for-political-parties/#comment-48 » “In this, the Conservatives aim to level a strategic blow to the Liberals”. Scott’s DiaTribes: My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:44:21 +0000 http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-48 [...] 2: I’d link to all the Progressive and Liberal blogs that are expressing outrage at this tactic, but there are so many of them I’m not sure I’ll be able to list [...] [...] 2: I’d link to all the Progressive and Liberal blogs that are expressing outrage at this tactic, but there are so many of them I’m not sure I’ll be able to list [...]

]]> By: Tim http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/conservatives-to-cut-public-funding-for-political-parties/#comment-47 Tim Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:34:15 +0000 http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-47 Removing campaign funding combined with abuse of election spending rules, Harper's in/out election spending fraud, destroys the ability of political parties to compete fairly. And will destroy our fair democracy and replace it with a corrupted democracy which is hardly democratic. Sensible political interests which attract the majority of common people will not win in Flaherty's, Harper's path to corruption. Instead political interest which make the rich richer will win because they pay for the Party election campaign expenses. If anything the current system does not reward sensible political interests which attract the majority of common people enough. This is a path to economic and political corruption which will end in Canada's destruction. Removing campaign funding combined with abuse of election spending
rules, Harper’s in/out election spending fraud, destroys the ability
of political parties to compete fairly. And will destroy our fair
democracy and replace it with a corrupted democracy which is hardly
democratic.

Sensible political interests which attract the majority of common
people will not win in Flaherty’s, Harper’s path to corruption.
Instead political interest which make the rich richer will win because
they pay for the Party election campaign expenses. If anything the
current system does not reward sensible political interests which
attract the majority of common people enough.

This is a path to economic and political corruption which will end in
Canada’s destruction.

]]> By: When the other guy fights dirty, you still have to roll with the punches « More Notes From Underground http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/conservatives-to-cut-public-funding-for-political-parties/#comment-46 When the other guy fights dirty, you still have to roll with the punches « More Notes From Underground Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:20:02 +0000 http://deliberativedialogue.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-46 [...] clusterfuck policies (that’s a highly technical economic term, kids) caused as a pretext to choke off funding to other parties. The Cons know that they have the cash to ride these cuts out - there finances look the best right [...] [...] clusterfuck policies (that’s a highly technical economic term, kids) caused as a pretext to choke off funding to other parties. The Cons know that they have the cash to ride these cuts out – there finances look the best right [...]

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