My reader will probably recall that not so long ago, I was still trying to obtain my driving license. One of the two schools I attended had filed a bankruptcy. After the procedure, I was told that I would obtain a reimbursement for the classes I had paid for but hadn't yet gone to. According to my calculations, this amount should have totaled about 150$. But, of course, not being a complete imbecile, I had declared that I've attended more classes than I actually did. 2 more, to be precise. Taking that into consideration, the reimbursement should still have been about 120$.
Today, however, after a year of silence, I got a letter from the department of vehicles (or whatever it's called in this bureaucratic state). They sent me a check of an unimaginably large amount.
$10.97
Ten dollars. That's what I got back for being forced to attend a driving school, being ripped off by it, enrolling in another one, and loosing 1 year of driving in the process of finally obtaining my permit (which is only valid for two year until I have to go get another one).
I'm not trying to say that the entire Quebec bureaucratic system is flawed, but for now the so called "benefits" have been quite rare and small in size. For example, there is a certain amount paid to citizens (a mere 20$ per month) called "Solidarity fund". It's not much, but 20 dollars is 20 dollars. Only they had the wrong bank account for me. Obviously, they couldn't give any information by phone. But they did say, a year ago, that they would change the wrong numbers to the right ones.
That didn't happen, for another year, I was deprived of my solidarity fund. When I finally went to see them in person, they told me they couldn't do anything about the money they had already sent. They did however change the bank number in front of me. I've yet received a single payment. Once again I'm inclined to think socialism is just one big scam. Someone is living a full, rich life, but it's certainly not the populace.
Today, however, after a year of silence, I got a letter from the department of vehicles (or whatever it's called in this bureaucratic state). They sent me a check of an unimaginably large amount.
$10.97
Ten dollars. That's what I got back for being forced to attend a driving school, being ripped off by it, enrolling in another one, and loosing 1 year of driving in the process of finally obtaining my permit (which is only valid for two year until I have to go get another one).
I'm not trying to say that the entire Quebec bureaucratic system is flawed, but for now the so called "benefits" have been quite rare and small in size. For example, there is a certain amount paid to citizens (a mere 20$ per month) called "Solidarity fund". It's not much, but 20 dollars is 20 dollars. Only they had the wrong bank account for me. Obviously, they couldn't give any information by phone. But they did say, a year ago, that they would change the wrong numbers to the right ones.
That didn't happen, for another year, I was deprived of my solidarity fund. When I finally went to see them in person, they told me they couldn't do anything about the money they had already sent. They did however change the bank number in front of me. I've yet received a single payment. Once again I'm inclined to think socialism is just one big scam. Someone is living a full, rich life, but it's certainly not the populace.
