Ontario Election

Srs post is srs.

So, I ranted on Facebook after seeing little parts of the political debate between Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath, but Facebook isn't as public as this blog.
I'm tired of voters picking the worst possible candidates without taking the future into consideration. This is all in my own opinion, of course. I may be in Journalism, but this is a personal opinion blog. Keep that in mind.

Just so everyone knows: No taxes/lowering taxes = funding cuts to things many people care about.
The first thing to go is, as I understand it, funding for arts programs. My sister and I are artsy people, so this affects us greatly.

Here are my Facebook rants:
"________ __________: can't stand political debates. Feels like I'm watching a bunch of five year olds try to one-up each other and it's not like you learn anything about the platforms. "He sucks." "No, she sucks. I'm the best." "Nu uuhhh."
BTW, Liberal and PC parties try to ignore journalism students. PCs don't have a plan for arts, music, or anything specific to college students. Straight for a PC candidate's mouth to me. You may hate the Liberals after McGuinty, but don't settle for the PC who will more than likely cut funding to the programs that shape creative minds.


I want to know the issues and the platforms in an easy, straightforward way. If platforms were really all that great, politicians wouldn't have to rely on "He just sucks more than I do." Stop pointing out the other candidates' faults and tell me your positives. They want us to choose the lesser of three evils instead of selling us the best platforms. If you ask the politicians themselves, they glorify their own points. It's all so fake and immature."

(I would summarize and rewrite, but I'm too sleepy right now)

When I interviewed a Progressive Conservative candidate, he told me his party had nothing planned for music, nothing planned for the arts in general and simply a plan for more jobs to help college students. The thing is, new jobs would be open for anyone and the fact that so many people have been laid off all over the place means we'll still have to fight for jobs. This summer, I sent out so many resumes (mostly to fashion retail shops), I was an expert at switching up my cover letter. Guess how many interviews/callbacks I received. One! That was at the end of summer too and I have a fashion diploma! I don't know where the PCs are going to magically come up with all of these jobs, but I highly doubt they will greatly affect my life.

Everyone seems to hate McGuinty already, but I'm telling you that Hudak will DEFINITELY NOT BE ANY BETTER.
There are other options. Look into them, please. Voting's easy, but making the right decision isn't always. Our choice as a province will affect us all. Don't figure it out the hard way!

P.S. I'm blaming all of you if Hudak or McGuinty screw with us (anymore).