Politicians that are always right and always have the best ideas – Whoa – can you believe that?

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Today’s Blog Post
Politicians that are always right and always have the best ideas – Whoa – can you believe that?

It isn’t the fact that the Ontario Government is to make huge cuts in its budgetary process and things that we have enjoyed are going to not be there…

It isn’t because we are all in trouble financially… and that we all have to cut back tremendously… like fewer big holidays and less spending on most things unless they are absolutely necessary…

I mean every retiree knows all about that kind of tightening the belt… right?

And I can even take the statements about the Gambling and the proposed changes that are going to be made shortly…. You know… where they are closing down certain race tracks and casino slot machines.

In Ontario, where we live, it is now getting tighter by the minute. One politician in the Oshawa are, Christine Elliott (PC), stated that Ontario is spending $1.8 million an hour more than they are taking in! I am not sure that this is true or not – considering it is an opposition member speaking about other party that they traditionally hate and lost to in the last election…?

But I do know that if my wife and I make a choice to go on a very expensive cruise ship, travel for six months on that ship and go half way around the world and back… it will cost someone something. That someone will be me.

And I can understand that the poor Government Leaders, the ones that are in power now and trying so hard to please everyone… are in trouble.

But we all want more… and they try to give us more. And when they need to cut off the spending that they thought they would be able to keep doing… there will be people that scream bloody murder.

Now none of that really bothers me at all. I understand all that.

BUT WHAT REALLY BUGS ME IS THE SMUGNESS of the Leadership… and one in particular that spoke yesterday when being pressured by the News Media folk.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan stated something strange on the clip I heard on the radio yesterday… when questioned about the idea that 69% of people surveyed were against the idea of expanding the Casino to the Toronto area… and making it a revenue source to pay down the debt of Ontario.

Whoa! He responded with, “Surveys are surveys… (brushing aside the idea).. we know that this is a good idea.” (as close as I can get to an actual quote while driving)

Now I know that all Surveys can be screwy at times and can be interpreted the way that people want them to be…

But what really bothers me is Mr. Duncan’s Patriarchal attitude, we are the Government and I am the Finance Minister…we know what is best. Your opinion doesn’t matter.

Double Whoa! Being elected doesn’t make you smart. It doesn’t make you the wisest person in the Province.

It does make you powerful and able to do things that the rest of the idiots out there cannot do. You can spend until no one can pay for it. You can go into debt and not care about what happened.

You can be letting the worst kind of fraud happening right under people’s noses – and with their own money. CHECK OUT “ORNGE” and the wealthy Doctors that were running that Air Ambulance service. “Ornge” has screwed our Province out of many millions of dollars and the Health Minister never did a thing about it.

If one has done this – why not two… or even more? And there are likely more than just one outfit getting a rich pocket out of connecting with a Government that spends like it is on a round the world cruise on a very rich boat.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan needs to remember that the border Casinos, Windsor, Sarnia and Niagara Falls were all “great ideas” when they were opened. Now his Government is involved in supervising the shut downs because they are not profitable. Have you ever seen the size and beauty of these buildings in these three cities.

Some of us told them this would happen away back when they thought up the original idea – “Gambling is Good. Many people do it. So the Government should be in charge of it too!”

Now poor Toronto will get the glories of a privately run Casino… oh boy and TRIPLE WHOA!

Now would you think that maybe Mr. Donald Trump will be the gratuitous God Father to get Ontario out of debt? I do. He is already in Toronto and telling folk what a great idea the city is… But if not him and his hair cut… there will be others that see the opportunity to make it big with Gambling money.

Someone asked me…
“Now wait a minute Murray Lincoln… aren’t you being just a little hard on these poor Politicians? I mean. Don’t you do something with these folks through your Ontario Provincial Chaplaincy?”

Yes I do. I pray for these folk that are elected. I get to know them as real people that have real problems just like I do. I support them as people.

I will not pray for some of the ideas that come from them. I pray for the person and their families… and all the folk that work in their constituency offices across our province. See http://prayforleaderstoday.blogspot.com/ if you would like to see what I really do.

But because I pray for them, because I am a Minister, because I work as a Chaplain – I didn’t stop thinking… nor did I lose my brain.

When dumb things are said and done… dumb things need to be pointed out. And when DUMB is really understood… 69% against the decision will likely increase greatly.

The Liberal Party of Ontario is now in a Minority position. If the other parties chose to vote against them or their ideas, Ontario will be looking at another election. The other parties will not likely do that unless they see that the 69% is climbing as dumb ideas grow.

Today I chose to pray for these leaders that are just like me… human beings… and that are trying to please everyone. God help them today.. they certainly need it!

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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Resources
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1146597--ontario-budget-finance-minister-dwight-duncan-to-table-budget-march-27?bn=1

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/duncan-fighting-five-front-battle-in-bid-to-slay-ontario-deficit/article2371084/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/03/15/ontario-budet-date.html