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7 hours ago, ExFlyer said:
Waiting for business to improve quality of life is a laugh.
??? Investment is what creates jobs and makes the west prosperous. It is government at all levels that has been taking a wrecking ball to free enterprise with all its taxation and regulations.
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7 hours ago, eyeball said:
A race to the bottom will not improve our quality of life, especially if we have to cut things like environmental regulations to make ourselves more competitive.
What regulations? Do you mean the green regulations that are trying to kill the energy industry? Such as banning tankers and pipelines and Trudeau refusing to let Canada sell natural gas to Europe for example?
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1 hour ago, Moonlight Graham said:
No, I think it's better for citizens when housing and rental prices are low. On the demand side lower foreign students, immigration back to sane levels.
Government can't solve the problem by legislating lower prices or taxing people. That is totalitarianism which would be a disaster. Government should get out of the way and let companies and businesses build the economy. The only way to have lower house prices is to get more home builders working and build far more homes. Government has screwed that up for years now.
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20 minutes ago, herbie said:
You're dreaming if you think regular people build new homes to rent them out. Capital Gains only affects them if the sell a non-principal residence or summer cottages that earn them over $250,000.
Do you really think government taking people's money will be better than letting people invest it themselves? Governments don't create prosperity. Only the people do by investing their money in business and corporations.
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53 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said:
We have far too much demand for housing and it's making life unaffordable and destroying the rest of the economy because if a lot more of people's paychecks are going to towards housing their standard of living is decreasing and they're unable to afford other goods/services, which hurts every other form of business.
The reason for that is all the government taxes, government control and regulations, etc. that have messed up the free enterprise system. You forget it is the people with lots of money that invest it to create jobs and build companies that creates the wealth in the first place.
Governments do not create wealth. It is fatal mistake to think government will fix anything by taxing people. That is what is wrecking this country and chasing investment away to other countries along with the jobs that go with investment.
I don't think you have any idea how the capitalist or free enterprise system works. To put it very basically, in a free enterprise system, it is the people with money who invest it that creates jobs and prosperity. If you destroy that, you have nothing but a population of people dependent on government handouts.
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46 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said:
Incorrect in this case in regards to housing. We have far too much demand for housing and it's making life unaffordable and destroying the rest of the economy because if a lot more of people's paychecks are going to towards housing their standard of living is decreasing and they're unable to afford other goods/services, which hurts every other form of business.
You don't understand how the system works. It's not people investing in a home to rent it out and then re-sell it that is driving the price of homes up.
It's all levels of government that drives the prices of homes up. The costs of building homes is high and the cost of real estate is high. There are excessive regulations, taxes on everything that push up the price of materials and everything.
When you put more taxes on people such as the capital gains tax, you reduce the amount of investment which creates jobs. Capital gains taxes reduce the amount of investment in corporations, businesses and that reduces the number of jobs available for people. That harms the economy. Taxation is the worst possible thing the government could do now.
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53 minutes ago, herbie said:
??? No one's nailed your feet to the ground. If you don't like your country's tax system, you're free to emigrate.
What? If you don't like something, you should emigrate. Everyone is free to oppose the Communist, Socialists that want to tax as much as possible and make life unaffordable. They should move to a Socialist country and stop gouging Canadians. What gives these Socialists pretending to be liberals the right to extort Canadian's hard-earned money to give to every cause under the sun and send 7 billion dollars a year to all their foreign pet projects?
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1 hour ago, eyeball said:
A race to the bottom will not improve our quality of life, especially if we have to cut things like environmental regulations to make ourselves more competitive.
We need a government, possibly Conservative, that will examine all regulations and laws carefully and cut everything that is excessive or overbearing.
1 hour ago, eyeball said:If it's okay for fish farms to pollute i
Depends who you believe. You being a fisherman, probably don't like fish farms because they can produce salmon far cheaper than wild salmon costs. I don't think you have to worry because many people can afford wild salmon and buy them. There will always be a market for that.
But there are studies that say fish farms are not as harmful as opponents of them claim. Just depends who you prefer to listen to.
I can understand why environmentalists oppose them, because they oppose everything man does. We can understand why Mother Earth worshipers oppose them because they also oppose anything man does.
Fishermen oppose them because they are competition to conventional fishing.
The truth is fish farms are around the world in many countries and produce lots of fish that is far less expensive than wild salmon. In a starving world with millions of people struggling to make ends meet, we need fish farms that can produce lower cost seafood.
How many people can afford to buy halibut at $20 a kilogram or more? Or wild salmon at some ridiculous price per pound? Fishermen themselves probably don't receive that kind of money for them, but the middlemen and food stores seem to really mark the prices up. It is the same with many things.
If we don't allow fish farms, they will still exist in many other countries and we will import the fish as we do now, but just more of it. So it won't make any difference to commercial fishermen here. There will always be competition and there will be less jobs for people here. Again government intervention destroying jobs and wrecking the economy.
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15 hours ago, Moonlight Graham said:
The new capital gains tax should only be aimed at people selling non-primary residences, besides cottages. All housing speculation should be disincentivized.
Why? Investing in homes or real estate is no different than investing in any other businesses if the purpose is to earn a return on investment. It won't solve the housing crisis by taxing people more. More taxes is the wrong approach to help the economy. We need investment and more economic growth and less government intervention and taxation.
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22 hours ago, I am Groot said:
It really will take radical change to break us free from our complacency, and I just don't know if Canadians will accept a government that's willing to do it.
Well written. Yes, many Canadians, that voted for Trudeau, Liberals, and NDP believe government should provide everything for them. This is the sad reality. The idea of having to get an education and earn your own living is growing dimmer.
Unfortunately, the result is you end up with a government that believes in taxing more and providing more social services, and increasing the size of the public service. These things are very difficult to reverse. The Conservatives, who may win the next election, will not be in an enviable position because they could come out looking like that bad guys. Trying to reverse Socialism is an uphill battle. They will be criticized every step of the way.
Canadians have to decide whether they want to be a poorer country with a massive government, huge government debts to pay the interest on and get nothing for it, extensive government intrusion in business, corporate world, the economy, and everyone's lives. They will have to decide if they want to continue paying more and more taxes, including increasing carbon taxes. Or are they willing to give up some of these pipe dreams of Socialism and opt for free enterprise and lower taxes.
The housing crisis and huge increases in the cost of food are all a result of the present government Socialist policies and intervention in the economy.
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You are what you are biologically born as. You can't change that. Forget that idea.
"16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. " Genesis 1:27, 28
If it wasn't for the fact that God created male and female and told them to multiply, we wouldn't even be here to comment.
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The U.S. House of Representatives just approved 61 billion U.S. dollars in aid for Ukraine. The next step is getting it through the Senate and signed off by the President. That should happen in the next week or so. This aid is a long time in coming but finally looks like it will happen.
Putin is choked about it, but he started this war. This aid is essential to defend democracy in the world and send a message to the tyrants of the world that they cannot just do whatever they wish. If Putin is not stopped from taking over the Ukraine, then some other country in Europe could be next. That is the sad reality of the world.
Of course it has to end by some kind of negotiations but Russia has to be stopped from taking over Ukraine as well. They cannot negotiate while Russia holds part of Ukraine. They must be pushed back.
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Canada spends 12.2% of GDP on healthcare. This is more than every country in Europe. Yet Germany, France, and Italy have very good healthcare systems. Why is Canada's system more expensive while it is failing?
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Italy's healthcare system is consistently ranked among the best in the world.[1][2] The Italian healthcare system employs a Beveridge model, and operates on the assumption that health care is a human right that should be provided to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.[3] Life expectancy is the 4th highest among OECD countries (83.4 years in 2018[4]) and the world's 8th highest according to the WHO (82.8 years in 2018[5]). Healthcare spending accounted for 9.7% of GDP in 2020.[6]
The Italian state has run a universal public healthcare system since 1978.[7] The public part is the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, which is organised under the Ministry of Health and administered on a devolved regional basis, in consequence of the 2001 Italian constitutional referendum."
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It might be worth looking at western European health care systems to see how they work and how they are doing.
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Germany has a universal[1] multi-payer health care system paid for by a combination of statutory health insurance (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) and private health insurance (Private Krankenversicherung).[2][3][4][5][6]
The turnover of the national health sector was about US$368.78 billion (€287.3 billion) in 2010, equivalent to 11.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and about US$4,505 (€3,510) per capita.[7] According to the World Health Organization, Germany's health care system was 77% government-funded and 23% privately funded as of 2004.[8] In 2004 Germany ranked thirtieth in the world in life expectancy (78 years for men). It was tied for eighth place in the number of practicing physicians, at 3.3 per 1,000 persons.[citation needed] It also had very low infant mortality rate (4.7 per 1,000 live births).[note 1][9] In 2001 total spending on health amounted to 10.8 percent of gross domestic product.[10]
According to the Euro health consumer index, which placed it in seventh position in its 2015 survey, Germany has long had the most restriction-free and consumer-oriented healthcare system in Europe. Patients are allowed to seek almost any type of care they wish whenever they want it.[11] In 2017, the government health system in Germany kept a record reserve of more than €18 billion which made it one of the healthiest healthcare systems in the world at the time.[12] unquote
Notice it says because their health care system had a reserve fund of more than 18 billion pounds in 2017 which is more than 30 billion Canadian dollars, they were considered one of the healthiest healthcare systems in the world.
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We should remember life span is also affected by the health care system.
So when you mock a private/public mixture of health care, you may be shortening your own life span.
Nobody knows what kind of medical problems could develop as we age. Could be heart problems, cancer, or anything. If the health care system does not treat those problems effectively and punctually, it could shorten one's life. That is why the health care needs to be effective and timely. Our lives are at stake here. Don't cling to outdated ideology. That won't save you if the system is failing.
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On 4/12/2024 at 1:03 PM, ExFlyer said:
Sure, private health care with and insurance....like the US???
No, I am not suggesting it to be like the U.S. I don't know a lot about their system.
Western Europe has a mixture of private and public to varying degrees and I think many of them are far ahead of Canada is providing good service. Canada is failing. We need some major changes, not old Socialist thinking.
We have to remember public systems are inherently flawed because they are run by very powerful large unions that are looking after themselves, not the people they are supposed to be serving.
Public systems have a tendency to be overbloated with bureaucracy. The federal civil service increased by 40% in size under Trudeau.
Ultimately in the existing public system, bureaucrats and politicians run things and politicians have the final say on how much money to spend on it. They are under pressure to fund countless other projects and services and do. Health care is just one item on their list.
In the meantime, we have people with money flying off to other countries to spend their money on health care. That takes money away from Canada. It would be better spend in Canada and it would subsidize the existing health care because if they paid for health care in Canada, it would mean more money overall is being put into health care here.
If people with money pay for health insurance and obtain surgery in Canada, that would also reduce the cost of providing public health care and mean more service for people using the public system. It would take the burden off the public system and should shorten or eliminate waiting lists for patients in the public system. Overall we should have better care.
Canada needs to study European models and see what is going on.
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On 4/10/2024 at 8:30 AM, SkyHigh said:
I didn't say no scientists believe in creation, I said there's no such thing as a creation scientist. Lots of people believe in lots of ridiculous things
Show me anyone with a degree in young earth creation. You can't
Are you aware many countries have bought into gender transitioning as if it is an unquestionable scientific fact. Much of the population believes a child changing one's gender is a "scientific fact". They have been told this by many authorities and political leaders. This is much like the theory of evolution which has been sold in schools around the world as if it is a scientific fact. How easily people and the world in general buy into these ideologies which are unproven.
Gender transitioning medical intervention for children is being abandoned by the UK and a number of other countries based on the Cass Review. But Canada appears to be doubling down and rejecting the Cass Review. Sad. But just shows how people are so gullible. This puts many youth at great risk of permanent harm. They have done the same thing with the theory of evolution even though the scientific support for it is not there and other scientists have raised many legitimate facts that refute evolution.
"Just to show how gullible the world can be about many things:
"The article also cites the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) as a reliable source of bona fide science, failing to note the recent scandal that exposed its shameful privileging of ideology over ethical responsibility. WPATH guidelines are, according to Montreal endocrinologist Dr. Roy Eappen, opinion rather than science-based, and therefore “the lowest grade of evidence.” He also disparaged the article for the reporter’s failure to consult a proper expert on evidence-based medicine ."
"Memo to the CBC and the government: The medicalized transition bubble has burst. The affirmation-model Titanic has hit the iceberg. You have a choice — jump into a lifeboat named “We were wrong,” or strike up the band with “Nearer my ideology to thee,” and go down with the ship. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock."
The theory of evolution is more opinion than science. In fact it is a religion for many people who believe it explains where we came from.
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Anybody who thinks government can do things better than individuals is sadly mistaken.
Socialism is government doing everything. We see how it fails with the public health care system.
Under Trudeau the bureaucracy increased by 40%.
Trudeau is going around the country every day talking about all things government is going to do for the people and all the money it is going to spend. This is a disaster. It is a form of Socialism
The contract between the Liberals and NDP is for the Liberals to meet the demands of the NDP and build more Socialism and spend more.
When people work and build society themselves without government doing everything there would be a better and more prosperous society. Government is inefficient and wasteful. We saw that with the Arrivecan app scandal where the government spent tens of millions of dollars on private contractors for something that should have cost a tiny fraction of that.
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Many immigrants are from the third world and do not share historic Judeo-Christian values.
Many also do not feel any allegiance to Canada as we see from all the large pro Palestine protests and even blocking roads and other infrastructure.
Many seem to believe we are a post-national state and belong to the rest of world. That might explain why Liberals give over 7 billion dollars a year of taxpayer money to foreign aid.
How many liberal cabinet ministers are WASPs (white Anglo Saxon Protestants). None, zero and never will be. They do not qualify.
The best qualifications to become a Liberal cabinet minister seem to be:
1. Be a racial minority person.
2. Be from the third world.
3. Be from Quebec.
4. Be bilingual of course.
5. Be a Romanist or a member of a one of the third world religions.
6. Have some kind of papers from a university.
7. Be a lawyer.
8. Become a Liberal MP.
9. Be woke. (most important)
10. Be a U.N. kind of person.
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Not only is Canada being buried in self-destructive Socialism, but our Liberal government believes it is their duty to save the rest of the world. They actually give more than 7 billion dollars to foreign aid per year. Yes, that's 7 billion dollars, not 70 million, not 700 million, but 7 billions dollars or seven thousand million dollars of taxpayer money. They dole out the money to every conceivable group and project one can think of in Canada as well.
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7 hours ago, eyeball said:
That said I bet you know precisely what God's oversight entails.
I don't claim to have all the answers. But I have access to his written revelation, the King James Bible, and prayer.
You could have that too if you wanted. But you must become a son of God. Read the New Testament to find out about that. In addition to guidance in this life, it will determine where one spends eternity.
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Even though our health care system is failing and needs billions of dollars more, our Canadian Forces is underfunded and is not meeting 2% of GDP for NATO, there is an affordability and a housing crisis for countless Canadians, and we are something like 40 billions dollars in debt, the Liberal government can find the money to spend 7 billion dollars on foreign aid. Why are they not taking care of Canadians first?
Liberals buck global trend by 'doubling down' on foreign aid, as sector urges G7 push (msn.com)
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20 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:
How is he doing a good job? His job is to convince people he'd be a better PM than Trudeau. Don't you think Trudeau is carrying most of the load on that project?
His responsibility is minor as opposition leader. It will be higher soon.
The CPC is about 20% ahead of the Liberals. Obviously Canadians think PP is a far better choice. He has obviously convinced many Canadians. That is his job. .
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Satan is a Socialist
in Federal Politics in Canada
Posted · Edited by blackbird
This is very relevant to Canada and our politics and what people believe. It was reported that half of Canadians believe in Socialism.
If that is the case, we are in serious trouble. We know the Liberal-NDP coalition seem to be pressing ahead with new Socialist programs. Many people demand these programs and believe government is their caretaker from cradle to grave. Canada is in big trouble because of all this.
The more taxation and intervention in the economy by the various levels of government, the less private entrepreneurship and investment there will be in the economy.
"Satan a Socialist—Really?
Conspiracy Theory or Fundamental Truth of the Ages
Satan Is a Socialist stirs up a lot of social, political, and spiritual questions such as:
What are the real differences between free enterprise and socialism?
Just how important are the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
What is the real cause of today’s turmoil in the streets and homes?
What does the Bible say about socialism/communism?
Dr. Jennifer B. Clark and her husband Dr. Dennis L. Clark take on this declaration that Satan is a socialist with forthright answers and bone-chilling conclusions that every citizen needs to know. Satan Is a Socialist will surely generate riots of souls and protests of spirits in all who care about their country."
Satan is a Socialist: Free Enterprise vs. Socialism: Dennis Clark, Jennifer Clark: 9780768459746: Books - Amazon.ca