At This Point Privatize The Whole Darn Thing...

...And let's see what we're really worth.

Recently walked into the CBC building. I hold a tenuous mental relationship with the CBC. To walk into that monstrosity of a building with all those people walking around left me perplexed and wondering about my tax dollars.

I further thought to myself, as I passed by people sip their coffee on an outside terrace, "binding Canadian culture my ass."

I respect the CBC for its history and heritage. But it's a crown corporation and a crown corporation is an oxymoron. Is it time to privatize it?

I see no reason why people should be forced to fund the CBC. Rather, it should be on a volunteer basis.

While I'm on the subject, I would privatize Hydro-Quebec, the National Film Board and the SAQ (Quebec's liquor commission.) Ah yes, the SAQ. Now there's a racket. The government involved in the liquor and the casino business can't be good for the society at large. Ironic that for a society that tolerates the nanny state that looks out for the collective good we accept our government having a hand in people's gambling addictions.

You heard me.

I know. Call me a privatization whore. Go ahead. I can take it.

It's time like these I think about the good folks at PBS.

Those people are the epitome of grass roots democracy and mobility. They go out and get the money through pledge drives to keep public broadcasting going. Now, I have no clue how much they pull in and how they do it, but all I know is that they don't stick their hand out at every turn looking for the government to feed them like wards of the state.

Government is here to stay but perhaps a common sense approach to foster an organic relationship with the government built on mutual respect can be found. My cousin suggested life should be like being handed a menu. The menu provides a list of services you're willing to have and pay for. You want the CBC tick it off and she's yours. You don't want it, you don't have to pay for it.

What about government jobs? You want to protect those jobs, then the fair and right thing to do is to have government workers largely fund (that is tax) themselves.

Leviathan is out of control. Time to cut, cut, cut. Not add more layers of bureaucracy filled with more lame duck civil servants I didn't elect.

To be honest, I'm simply not impressed by what the government pimps out in their ever lasting quest to control society.