Mr Fixit.....

DOING THE JOB RIGHT
A commentary on the 2007 Fair Taxation Pledge
Promising “Fair Taxation to All Canadians”
By Victor Drummond ©
November 2007

There are a number of adages that address the right versus wrong way to fix a problem, i.e.:-
(a) Do the job right or don’t do it at all,
(b) Let someone do the job that knows how.
(c) Don’t start something you can’t finish.
(d) A job half done is not done at all.
(e) A job done by halves is never finished.
To name a few.

For anyone old enough to remember when automobile tires were not air tight, (tubeless), and they required a thin walled rubber inner tube to maintain -- the necessary -- air pressure in the tire -- therein is a perfect analogy to illustrate the wisdom of the above sayings.

The greatest hazard to those tires was the pick-up of a nail in the tread of the tire – which would penetrate the tire casing and puncture the inner tube.

When that happened the tire would go flat and had to be removed from the rim. Then a sealing rubber patch had to be applied to the inner tube. Then the nail -- in the tire -- had to be found and removed or the tube repair would be futile.

Sometimes the offending nail was short and barely broke through the inner belting of the tire.

In really difficult situations the nail could not be seen from the outside of the tire or felt by running one’s fingers around the inside of the tire.

When the cause of the puncture could not be easily found there was always a great temptation to assume the cause of the puncture was no longer present and to put the repaired tube and tire back on the rim – inflate to the correct pressure and resume driving.

If the item that had caused the original puncture was still operative it would not be long before the tire went flat again.

A tack with the head worn off and which only reached the surface of the inner tube when the weight of the car was pressing down on the tack shaft would take some time to puncture the tube – but if the car were driven under this condition -- a puncture would inevitably recur before long.

If the original cause of the problem was not found and corrected – the job was not done right – and the situation could then become much more dangerous than not attempting to do the job in the first place.

This is a perfect example for comparison to the current government’s overtures to the voting public on the basis of their commitments to provide all Canadians with “Fair Taxation”.

Promises to provide every Canadian with Fair Taxation – without restoring the RIGHT of every Canadian to Fair Taxation -- is the equivalent of patching the inner tube without removing the cause of the puncture.

By granting some individual taxpayers’ remission of unjust taxes – without restoring the RIGHT of every Canadian to Fair Taxation -- is the equivalent leaving the puncturing agent still imbedded in the tire tread.

You may go another few miles with that repair but it will inevitably leave you stranded with another flat tire.

If our current leaders are not able and/or willing to do the job right – then they should admit their inadequacies and leave the job to someone who has the moxie, the integrity, the ability and the determination to do the job right.

If any of our wannabe Prime Ministers will commit to correcting the defective taxable benefit legislation – Will they Please Stand up to be counted?

There are thousands of victimized – honest, hard-working Canadian Taxpayers lining up to vote for you.

Keep in mind when the next Federal Election is called – has anyone committed to doing this job right.
We do not need another round of flat tires, i.e. another round of Canadian Taxpayers Legally Robbed.

Victor Drummond ©