Newsgroups: can.general
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Controllable Expenditures
Message-ID: <1989Aug18.152558.21681@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <3984@looking.on.ca> <1479@apss.apss.ab.ca> <28367@watmath.waterloo.edu> <1481@apss.apss.ab.ca> <3232@yunexus.UUCP> <645@UALTAVM.BITNET>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 89 15:25:58 GMT

In article <645@UALTAVM.BITNET> TMCLELLA@UALTAVM.BITNET writes:
>What a neat concept, to be able to say where your tax dollars are to
>be spent  8{) ...

Unfortunately, this means that unpopular agencies (e.g. Revenue Canada!)
go broke even if they are important.  It also means that funding is awarded
on the basis of who has the best advertising; I don't think that is wise.
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