OK, I admit it, I am a sucker for this kind of stuff. But can you really be against cutting government waste? Check out this campaign for the National Citizens Coaltion.
(February 3, 2006) Shut the Tax Trough! That’s the message the National Citizens Coalition is getting out with its latest billboard ad campaign.The billboard – which is now up in downtown Toronto at the corner of Bay and Gerrard– features a sad-looking pig standing by a closed and locked trough. The text reads: “The voters have spoken. Shut the Tax Trough”.
“This billboard is part of our effort to remind the new Conservative government that they have a mandate to make government honest and accountable,” says NCC vice president Gerry Nicholls. “The days of political greed and scandal must end.”
Nicholls says his group plans to put this billboard up in other Canadian cities.
Comments (13)
Now this is something I can get behind. And as the first order of business, I say we shut down the parasitic waste of my money going to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. What say ye, fellow porkbusters?
Posted by Robert McClelland | February 3, 2006 2:37 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 14:37
Darn right. Olympics should be self-financing or paid for locally, not federally.
Posted by MarkC | February 3, 2006 3:09 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 15:09
Right on, Mark. And the second order of business should be to make sure that the federal government is not the one paying off the aboriginal tribes so that the new Mackenzie Delta gas pipeline, that will feed into Alberta, can be built on their land. If the private sector oil and gas companies want it, they can damned well pay the property owners themselves.
Posted by Robert McClelland | February 3, 2006 3:29 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 15:29
Absolutely. End corporate welfare!
Posted by Phelps | February 3, 2006 4:49 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 16:49
Well said, Phelps. We need to stop big pharma from using the research that is funded by our tax dollars to turn a buck. Let them spend billions of their own dollars.
Posted by Robert McClelland | February 3, 2006 5:55 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 17:55
Wow. Concensus at last. No more subsidies to manufacturers. Right on!
Posted by lrC | February 3, 2006 6:29 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 18:29
I can get into the new ethos as well as anyone. End farm bailouts! Don’t force your dirty money on noble, independent, rural folk! The market must decide! Don’t prop up dying industries! All hail the invisible hand!
Posted by Greg | February 3, 2006 6:36 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 18:36
Sorry Greg I got caught up in the Libertarian fever. ;)
Posted by Greg | February 3, 2006 6:39 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 18:39
“Libertarian fever”. Sounds like a funk band.
Posted by Greg Staples | February 3, 2006 7:06 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 19:06
What I love about the NCC billboard at Bay And Gerrard (which faces West) is that there’s a union one right next to it (which faces North). It’s like there’s a certain tension in the air.
Posted by Dave Ruddell | February 3, 2006 7:14 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 19:14
They’ve been doing that for years at Bay and Gerrard. About 6 years ago I worked on a condo at that intersection and one side of the billboard had a pro Mike Harris ad while the other side had a pro teacher’s union ad.
Posted by Robert McClelland | February 3, 2006 7:48 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 19:48
Right on, Greg. The hundreds of millions of taypayer dollars given to the cattle ranchers was a travesty. It was pure pork…nay, beefbarrel spending. Is it our fault they became too dependant on the US market to sell their product? No, so why should we pay for their mistakes?
Posted by Robert McClelland | February 3, 2006 7:53 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 19:53
Oh yeah, those dueling billboards have been there for nearly forever (and I nearly bought one of those condos). Hey, there’s an idea; play dueling banjos at the corner. Or maybe just head over to Yonge and get a double chocolate croissant from La Maison. Those things solve all problems.
Posted by Dave Ruddell | February 3, 2006 11:50 PM
Posted on February 3, 2006 23:50