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Improving the Mental Health System According to a news
release that was dated May 9 asics
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Social Affairs, Science and Technology" in Canada recommended the creation of a
Canadian Mental Health Commission that will be responsible for significantly
upgrading the Canadian mental health system. As stated by Senator Michael Kirby,
the Chair of the Committee, "The Senate Committee is committed to improving the
range, quality and organization of health and support services that are required
by the tens of thousands of Canadians who are living with mental illnesses and
addictions." Funding The Proposed Change Based on an extensive three-year study
on mental health and addiction, the Committee determined that it will cost $5.36
billion over a 10-year period for this mental health system upgrade. Where will
these funds come from? According to the Committee, the revenue will come from
raising the excise tax on alcoholic drinks by 5 cents per drink. Part of the
rationale for the 5-cent increase per drink was obviously the goal of raising
the needed funds for the proposed changes in the mental health system. Another
justifying factor for the price increase, however asics
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will cost more, Canadians will be more inclined to drink lower-alcohol products
such as beer and wine instead of liquor. Let's Do the Math At first glance, this
proposal seems to make sense. Why shouldn't those who drink help finance a
program that will provide them with a better mental health system? Why not let
those who are part of the "problem" become part of the "solution"? This logic
seems sound until you do the math. If $5.36 billion is needed to help finance
the upgraded mental health system, then how many drinks will have to be consumed
in a ten-year period to reach $5.36 billion dollars? The answer: 107,200,000,000
drinks. That's 107 billion, 200 million drinks. To arrive at how many drinks
this is per year, all we have to do is divide this number by 10 (for the
ten-year program) and the result is 10 asics sneakers
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can be "massaged" even more. According to The World Factbook website, the
population of Canada was estimated to be 33 million people in 2006. Dividing
10,720,000,000 by 33,000,000 equals 325. Putting this in terms that the average
person can understand asics sneakers outlet ,
every man, woman, and child in Canada will have to consume 325 alcoholic drinks
per year for the next ten years to finance the new mental health system! Simply
put, these numbers are not realistic. More Flaws The "logic" of this proposed
mental health program also breaks down when it is examined more deeply. For
instance, why would people drink lower-alcohol products such as beer if the
increased excise tax applies to all alcoholic drinks? To help understand this
better, let's use an example. Let's say that the average shot in Canada
currently costs $3.00 and the average beer costs $1.00. Based on the proposed
price increase, if Joe drinks an average of 5 shots per week, his weekly average
alcohol expenditure will be $15.25. When the numbers are calculated, this
figures out to be 1.7% more than Joe would have spent before the proposed tax
increase. Let's do a similar exercise with beer. Based on the projected price
increase asics
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week, his weekly average alcohol expenditure will be $5.25. When the numbers are
calculated, this figures out to be 5% more than Pete would have spent before the
proposed tax increase. The point: since the proposed price increase affects
higher-alcohol products (such as shots) proportionately less than their
lower-alcohol counterparts (such as beer), why would Canadians switch to
lower-alcohol products? Alcohol and Mental Health Another question. What if tens
of thousands of Canadians, realizing that drinking alcohol is not good for their
"mental health," significantly reduce their alcohol intake or quit drinking
alcoholic beverages altogether? Where will the money come from to offset this
lack of revenue? In a similar manner, what if thousands upon thousands of
Canadians who drink alcoholic beverages decide that they don't want to pay the
extra excise tax and, as a result, stop drinking alcoholic beverages? If this
happens asics
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to transform the mental health system? In other words, does the Canadian
government have a realistic "plan B" for this major transformation? A Logical
Contradiction From a different perspective, isn't it rather ironic that those
who drink alcoholic beverages will pay for the revamped mental health system?
Isn't there a contradiction in logic somewhere in this proposal? Stated
differently, if tens of thousands of Canadians have mental illnesses or are
addicted to alcohol or drugs, wouldn't the government want Canadians to drink
LESS alcohol in order to reduce the existing alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and
alcohol-related mental health problems? Yet according to the current mental
health proposal, from strictly a financial standpoint, it would appear that the
Canadian government is banking the entire mental health system upgrade on
historical data that strongly suggests that Canadians will continue to drink at
their current or even higher levels of consumption. Budgetary Miscalculations
What happens asics
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the proposed mental health system? There are, of course, two "easy" solutions to
this problem: increase the excise tax on each drink or motivate Canadians to
drink even more alcoholic beverages. Either "solution," however, is predicated
on the fact that in order to "work," the upgraded mental health system needs to
be funded by Canadians who continue to drink alcoholic beverages. Conclusion It
appears logical to conclude that the Canadian mental health system is in need of
a major overhau.
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