Essay/Term paper: Economic intervention

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Economic Intervention

Every day our government makes economic decisions that affect our country and
ourselves. Some of these decisions are good and benefit our lives greatly;
however, many of our government's decisions, such as where our tax money should
go, are not in our best interests. The Canadian government, although it is
tightening up it's measures now, has been very lax with our hard earned tax
money. Things like government officials receiving unreasonable benefits,
government loans being given out like water, or government subsidizing of
various companies and services that don't need it. These are all indications
that Canada needs less government intervention. One large example of
government over-involvement is in the case of our correctional facilities and
prisons.

Should a person who has broken the law be given better lodgings and better care
than someone who is a law abiding citizen? We see examples such as prisons
being outfitted for the care of inmate's children. This is an area in which
government money is being improperly spent. Money that is being used in these
areas should be being put to better use in areas such as health and welfare.
People who are free and law abiding should be receiving this money to better
their lives not someone who has had no previous respect for the laws of our
country. Most inmates have free access to physical training facilities that
would cost us three hundred to four hundred dollars per year. All inmates are
guaranteed a meal, three time a day, when a large portion of the free
population can barely afford one meal a day. The prison facilities get
thousands of tax-payer dollars to upgrade and maintain suitable environments.
Yet many Canadian citizens who are unemployed, who cannot get work, are living
on the street or in unsuitable shelters. Why should someone in jail get better
benefits than someone trying to make it legally in our society? However, it
seems that our government has a certain affinity to people who break its set
laws. This vast inappropriate spending of taxpayer's dollars should be stopped.
In the near future we should see either proper controls being set on the
amounts of subsidizing prisons receive, or we should see the privatization of
prisons.

Should the Government of Canada be less involved in economic planning between
now and the year 2000? This one example of government overspending can be
applied to many other areas of our government's economic intervention. As
well, this example answers the question very well. Yes, our government should
have less involvement in economic planning between now and the year 2000. I
believe that we should have more say in where our money could best help our
country.