Your money, their jobs

Is there anybody this guy can say no to? Does he ever say no to anyone? Does he have a principled bone in his body? First there was the $41-billion "health" deal, with little in the way of conditions on the provinces and none at all on Quebec -- which used the money to finance its tax cuts. Then there was the equalization deal, and the Atlantic side deal, with the result that equalization no longer equalizes anything. And now this. The government had already lost control of spending as it was: but apparently a $17-billion increase in one year, 44% over five, wasn't enough. So now we know: there is no price Paul Martin isn't willing to make you pay to save his job. And there is no amount of corruption Jack Layton won't overlook as long as the price is right: at $4.6-billion, it works out to about $250 million per NDP MP. Nineteen sponsorship programs, one for each soul. UPDATE: Or 8947 of your jobs for every one of theirs.