The Shame Of It

Sue and I both received $200 cheques from the provincial government yesterday, but I have inserted a background photo of someone grimacing unhappily although I am not sure if one could grimace happily.

You might ask why $200 cheques would peeve us as well as a few million people, and it would be a fair question.

It's because it is a political stunt. We have a provincial election coming up very soon, and our grifting premier is attempting to buy us off with our own money. This is after almost 8 years of starving our healthcare system. Perhaps I should write underfunding rather than starving, but I am sure you get my point.

This jaded stunt will cost the province more than $3bln. Most Ontarians, or at least most that I know, would much rather have the money go into health care, or even education, heaven forbid.Premier Ford's shenanigans have probably cost the province an additional $3bln in greed and grift.

He's a Conservative, of course. He's a tRumper at heart although I will give him some credit for participating in standing up to the demented bully president in this latest brouhaha. Conservatives have done this vote-buying stunt before, and more than once: bribed us with our own money rather than using it for the betterment of society.

The other two times they did it, I donated the money to good causes in a spirit of defiance, and if I recall correctly I gave half of it to the opposing Liberal Party. I think the other half went to the lady who rescues cats on the last occasion, and I may have supported the food bank on the previous occasion which does go back a few decades. I plan to relent and use it for personal items this time around, but I will hold my nose while doing it and will feel somewhat shamed.

There was once a cartoon, where little cat said something like: "Oh the shame of it, my father was beaten up by a mouse." I no longer remember the specific cartoon, but I have always thought that was a funny line.