the best I can do is "debate" the "virtues" of one candidate over another and attempt to persuade some of those who don't normally vote that only they can change the way things are. The ones in my neighbourhood didn't listen last time (they were convinced that Hippo was going to give them everything for nothing ) and by all appearances they are now convinced that "the good times" will come if his baldness is elected again!! How does one convince an adult that Santa Claus really doesn't exist except for that short period before elections when he's busy buying votes with free rice and motorcycles if you happen to be in the right place at the right time???
Is it "morally" wrong to take advantage of the higher buying power my Canadian dollar has??? I don't think so......
Am I being condescending as Terry suggests??
No...I'm just stating (in a very detailed manner) what I witnessed in my area in the four months I was there this year.
Do many really say "they're all crooks " in Canada,the US and Europe? Of course some do, however we do attempt to elect those we feel will do the best job for the country with the least amount of "patronage" (or feeding at the trough as we in Canada are prone to say). We don't expect our gov't to give us something for nothing (unless of course you're part of the "welfare" minority) and realize that what we do get will cost but we do know that our schools are educating, our hospitals function (even with waiting lists at least when your number comes up the resources are there) and our police are not a large part of the problem (yeah we all have bad ones in the barrel but humans are an imperfect lot!).
BTW ....my reason for editting my previous post fits all of us at some point or another!
