The province recorded the lowest voter turnout in history during this 2022 provincial election, with roughly 44% of eligible voters casting a ballot.

Less than 50% bothered to get out and vote. What really bothers me though are the ridiculous comments about how one Provincial leader or another is going to cut healthcare and education, and it’s apparent that not everyone understands how it all works together.

Ontario healthcare and education is publicly funded by the Ontario taxpayer to the Province of Ontario.

What we generally fail to take into consideration is the impact of the other tier of government.

When the FEDERAL government financially drains the middle-class, the lower-class grows. This tranlates into two major compounding problems.

Problem #1, with less taxes being collected from the middle-class due to there being fewer of them, there are now less tax dollars to go into existing services like healthcare and education.

Problem #2, is that because the lower class has expanded, there is an increased demand for additional support services. These are generally non-profit serfvices, and as a result require tax funding….meaning less money for education and healthcare.

The future cuts to education and healthcare will be because of the federal government, not the provincial one.

We as a province need to be moving people into the middle class. This increases incoming tax dollars, and reduces stress on critical support services.

As long as the middle-class is targeted by the federal government it’s just a matter of time before the system fails. You don’t have critical support services if you don’t have a group of people footing the bill. Consider this the next time you vote.