Are We?
To be honest, I think we have moved away from the old time morals and values, where we held the needs of all people, to be important. We used to think that people shouldn’t go hungry, that they needed Medical treatment, irrespective of how much money they earned, had.
There was a time when we actually cared about our neighbours. Hell we knew who they were, we talked with them over the fence, or visited with them. It isn’t quite that way anymore, least not as much as it once was.
Stephen Harper calls himself a Conservative. Gordon Campbell said he was Liberal Conservative, but those are just words. Being a conservative, is about fiscal restraint, about protecting people, with a mix of Government & Private Business. It is about Government protecting people, by insuring certain standards are maintained, kept, and even improved upon.
Things such as health care, as food safety. Those are the roles of Government, and yet Harper & Campbell do neither. They instead push for letting Business set the standards, and for us, to cough up the money for it.
Private Health Care, Private Pensions, are fine, IF you can afford it. Yet we can’t. The average person cannot afford the luxury of such things, when there is no protection, no enforcable standards.
I am a Conservative.
Odd I know, but I believe in Government doing its job, which is to provide safeguards, and to make sure all citizens have the same opportunities. I don’t believe in elitism, nor do I believe in Entitlement. I just know, in my heart, that we need to care for all people, and yes, especially those who don’t have wealthy families, or vast incomes. We need to show compassion, not just concern over the bottom line. I want value for my money, which means I want trained professionals, not just anyone off the streets, to care for the elderly, for the disadvantaged.
And that is why I can never see myself supporting anyone like Stephen Harper & his brand of Conservatism. It just isn’t right.