Today my mailbox did not contain a mailing from a Con MP outside my riding. But, I did mail off three of the response portions of the previous mailings I received.
Bob Mills so thoughtfully sent me a flyer entitled "A little help. For all of us" last week. On the back, it said, "We all need a little help, sometimes. That's why Stephen Harper and the Conservative government cut the GST to 5%, delivered a transit pass tax credit, increased the Guaranteed Income Supplement Benefit." Etc. The referendum-type question on the mail in portion asked something like, "Do you support the government's efforts to reduce taxes?" or similar.
My response, sent postage paid, thank you very much: "A 'little' help is right. I'd rather see an increase in my monthly CPP payments than a measely 1% GST decrease."
This post contains a picture of another response I sent in. I did something similar on the third one.
Well, I feel a bit better, and it didn't cost me a cent. Go Canada!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Con Propaganda Update
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3 backtalkers:
i like your style....and free to boot....wonderful!
Love what you're doing with this, Other Coyote. It's inspirational. We've been getting similar "accidental propaganda" from far-away Con ridings here in Ottawa Centre. I guess the Cons don't think our duly-elected NDP MP is capable of truly representing us... because, hey, only they have a patent on The (Gospel) Truth.
Well, the way I see it, it's my taxes that go to pay for this "it's free to mail your MP" thing, so why not take the 2 minutes out of your day and have your say?
Other Coyote: This isn't "accidental propaganda" at all - it's very much on purpose. Each MP has a certain amount of mailing they send out on behalf of their party to their constituents. What these "outside" MPs are doing is donating their mailing allocation to the party, so they can send this crap out to wherever the fuck the party wants it to go.
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