Poor calculation
What can we do about politicians that fail basic math? Can we simply fire them? Do we have to wait for the next election? Right now our provincial premier is lamenting. He feels wronged by the federal government because they forgot to tell him that they were making a change in taxation. By his calculation that will cost the province a certain number of $1,000,000. The acting actual amount is still unclear. One day earlier he told us that the province had invested in some extra visibility. He had bought some advertising. Without having read the fine print obviously. As a taxpayer I can count can I see how bad this can get to me because not only are we losing money on advertising that is worthless but we are lamenting taxation over which we have no control. Harmony belongs in music not calculation of taxes. But I digress. This may become a boondoggle. One of those situations where the province spends more money than it will ever have. In fact I recall from my history lessons that we did something similar when we bought a railroad. Again I digress. That railroad is gone too just like the tax dollars. Our premier might be a wonderful man but he fails to add up the numbers before making decisions. If they were his dollars that would be one thing but these are public dollars. In a province where the population is constrained by the amount of real estate available. Something about that ocean all around us. I cannot wait to see how this plays out in the court of public opinion. Eventually there will be an election held and if we are fortunate the voters will be able to do some basic math before they put their ex on the spot. Just thinking ahead period. Something our politicians failed to do all too often skills.
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