Dear Mrs. Premier

March 1, 2012                              (Dear Miss Premier)

The other day after a few weeks of procrastination I wrote our provincial premier as well as the health minister a letter to which you can read below. I wanted to share my opinion regarding my concerns with our system and the lack of direction that has been taken. The world economy and the state of affairs is nothing new and yet as years slip by it is "politics as usual". It is sad state of affairs when speaking about the lack of direction this government and for that matter the world's government have taken. There is a lot of face saving and Political posturing with no real movement in any one direction and the clock is ticking. 

Below is the letter that I penned to the pre

mier of BC. If you can call her that. I also CC'd it to the health minister as well for all the use that it did. 

 Dear Miss. Clark (Premier) and Mike De Jong (Health minister)

I am a current resident of BC and concerned voter. I have been watching with a careful eye the ongoing out of control spending of this government and those of past. You claim to be families first which is great when you say it aloud but what it really amounts to is rhetoric nonsense when it is spoken and not applied. 

Recently it was announced the MSP premiums are rising yet again amongst other rate hikes that have already arrived or are arriving in the not to distant future. Such as the useless and harmful Carbon tax that just hurts the average British Columbians bottom line. Lets not mention the debacle over BC Hydro. This too will hurt everyones bottom line. The list goes on and on. Think about all the families that are currently struggling right now in this once beautiful province this very minute. Then you go and add yet another increase to our cost of living. I thought Healthcare was free? Meaning it's included in our taxes like Alberta and other provinces. Why am I paying a premium for this in the first place? Health care in Canada is far from being "free". You then cut taxes just to take them else where in fees, tolls or levies. This doesn't sound like families first to me, does it?

In these tough economical times I see no government big or small learning anything of the past let alone living in the present. It is a cold hard fact and one you have yet to come to terms with. While everyone else is tightening their respective belts, gov't does more of the same. There is less money to throw around and that is a fact, so cutting expenses and reigning in spending should be top priority. Tough times calls for tough cuts. Instead it is business as usual with spending habits keeping pace with a run away locomotive than that of a gov't reusing an old belt instead of buying a new one. 

Does the world economy not show you anything of how wasteful we are and how by throwing more money at a  broken system we've created a monster. No matter how much money you throw at the problems you are throwing good money after bad in a repetitive cyclical manner resolving nothing. You have compounded debt with more of the same and yet governments have grown? 

I am deeply concerned with the direction of this government, locally, provincially and abroad. Your inability to take a hard-line and reign in spending sets a dangerous precedent for future generations that will ultimately hurt the very families you claim to stand for. It is becoming increasingly difficult to hide behind closed doors and make poor decisions. Those days are numbered and not a moment to soon. This is already happening via Facebook, Twitter, Blogging and any new technology that comes forth and allows those to speak out, myself included.  

No one likes to make hard cuts as initially they hurt a few in short term but in the long run they will save much more than what is lost. It is apparent you are more concerned with popularity and vote counts in upcoming elections than actually leading. This part of the system should be re-thought out with one, four year term. This would allow the voted-in to concentrate solely on the task at hand. Ask yourself this; When running a business do you think a CEO thinks about his popularity when the chips are down? The simple answer is of course not. Any smart business owner knows that hard cuts have to be made in order to keep things afloat. If the CEO didn't make the cuts needed today there would be no business left to support the rest of the employees tomorrow thus hurting even more families. Government is no different in this respect. 

It will be a sad state of affairs when man and woman alike turn on their respective "leaders" and seek justice via rope and a lamp pole. Should it come to this for you to listen? I hope not for all those at stake. 

There's an old saying "You can't get blood from a stone".
The stone has run dry Miss. Premier. 

People are tapped out. If you can't trim the fat in your own gov't then what good are you in the long run?

Best regards;

The reply was a substandard common reply from a no name person inside the premiers office. Disappointing but not surprising in the least. 

These are my thoughts. Your thoughts can to lead to change, if you choose to act...