http://www.cbc.ca/ne...ckwell-day.html
Wow what brilliance from Mr. Day
*applause*
Edited by Sa'adoni, 15 February 2012 - 11:40 PM.
Very Suprised to see Stockwell Day writing for the cbc and mentioning
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 04:22 AM
From reading that, Stockwell obviously has limited knowledge of economic history. Just in the last few decades, the Reagan/Thatcher led neoliberalism of pressuring wide free market reforms in developing countries helped some of those states economically, but hurt many others.
Every country, government, sector, and policy issue etc. is different, and demands a careful case-by-case treatment, and simply brushing everything with the "free market is always best" dogma has been proven a fallacy. Ie: South Korea has proven that in its case, a market economy mixed with strong state-guided economic planning can produce excellent economic growth.
It's also asinine to me that people like Day seem to care far more about the rights and overall lot of "hard-working rich people" than hard-working everybody else.
Every country, government, sector, and policy issue etc. is different, and demands a careful case-by-case treatment, and simply brushing everything with the "free market is always best" dogma has been proven a fallacy. Ie: South Korea has proven that in its case, a market economy mixed with strong state-guided economic planning can produce excellent economic growth.
It's also asinine to me that people like Day seem to care far more about the rights and overall lot of "hard-working rich people" than hard-working everybody else.
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9/11 sucked, so then what about this?: "Did you know that today 27,000 children will die of preventable diseases such as diarrhea, measles, and malnutrition? That's the same as if an airplane full of children crashed every 16 minutes, killing everyone onboard." - Aug. 2005 edition of 'Warcry', official magazine of the Salvation Army
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 08:49 AM
No surprised that he didn't mention those hard-working MP's get to give themselves a pay hike. There should be a law of the land when MP's get a increase ALL workers get the same rate of increase.
Or the opposite: maybe MP wages should be determined relative to that years' Canadian GDP-per-capita or something lol. That would sure get them off their asses!
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"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint." - Alexander Hamilton
9/11 sucked, so then what about this?: "Did you know that today 27,000 children will die of preventable diseases such as diarrhea, measles, and malnutrition? That's the same as if an airplane full of children crashed every 16 minutes, killing everyone onboard." - Aug. 2005 edition of 'Warcry', official magazine of the Salvation Army
9/11 sucked, so then what about this?: "Did you know that today 27,000 children will die of preventable diseases such as diarrhea, measles, and malnutrition? That's the same as if an airplane full of children crashed every 16 minutes, killing everyone onboard." - Aug. 2005 edition of 'Warcry', official magazine of the Salvation Army
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 08:54 AM
No surprised that he didn't mention those hard-working MP's get to give themselves a pay hike. There should be a law of the land when MP's get a increase ALL workers get the same rate of increase.
Hey, MPs get a couple of bucks just for having someone vote for them!
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 11:51 AM
Or the opposite: maybe MP wages should be determined relative to that years' Canadian GDP-per-capita or something lol. That would sure get them off their asses!
It would be better as the middle number /median. So that the get what the middle person gets.
But only from lot from the surplus after the debt is paid off.
Then surplus can be split among all citizens.
They shouldn't be getting paid if they are borrowing our money. It makes no sense you take from my pocket for your pocket.
Legislators should be forced to work pro bono, and profit only if society profits.
they should live at the lowest level living off welfare if they are forcing it as the lowest standard on others.
They should experience the result of their neglect on poverty.
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