Walking in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

Oh, right. I do know a few people like this. It irks me, too, when they refer to user pay schemes which encourage efficient use as "cash grabs" or whatever, as in your examples of tolls and carbon pricing.

I'm not sure that's the ilk who would be opposed to the municipality clearing the sidewalks, though- the same types who jerk their knees every time they hear the word "tax" seem like the type to be equally aggrieved by the idea of having to use their own resources to care for a public good...

Hard to say for sure, I do know I've heard many individuals express the belief that the city should clear the sidewalks. They don't seem to clue in that they'd be the ones paying for it, instead they seem to feel entitled to have the city do it for free. Of course, I'm the entitlement generation.

In general though, too many people don't feel a part of the city, or our government, they have an oppositional attitude. It is unfortunate, and I don't think indicative of a healthy society.