Jerry J. Fortin

Does that mean we get a bigger split? I still love the idea!!

CBC News There you go, don't you just wish the politicians had enough brains to do act upon information on a timely basis.

Are you running for office in my riding?

You have to love a chance to fire a politician!

I should think that Provincial Pension Plans ought to be a no-brainer. These things could provide needed income to fixed income individuals. I think that in Alberta we could convert the Heritage Trust Fund into exactly this kind of thing.

Sure why not, let them pick who they want.

Self defeating? I think not, look I think she should have been fired, but that call is not mine to make its Harper's. For that matter I want to fire Harper, but that isn't up to me either. I will get my chance to have a say, and I will say fire him. The citizens will have a say, many will say fire him, and many will not. I tend to think he will lose the election, but that remains to be seen.

She is no better than most and no worse either. She screwed up and got taped doing it, not the first time this has happened and it won't be the last.

Nope, they piss me off! I can't figure it out, I get angry.

I am the resident rural redneck, but I am very tolerant. What you do is your own business, not mine. Just so long as it does not endanger me and mine we get along just fine. If you are a dingbat and decide to interact with me face to face, as long as you stay cool, you have no problem with me. On the other hand if you loss your cool and become a problem, rest assured that your neighbors will have something to say. By the time we are through with you, you will be in the process of moving, and we will not have laid a hand on you doing it. Of course that only applies if you are a relatively nice person with some problems of your own. If you make your problems ours, well then some different rules apply.

Abolishing CPP is not even an option. What perhaps should be placed on the table for consideration is pension plans period. The entire RRSP thing is a good deal, but the benefits of it decrease for folks with RPP's. I think that the best option of all is to increase disposable family income, through tax reductions. Of course I would prefer to abolish income tax altogether to accomplish this.........................

The end goal, in my view is the improvement of the human condition. All else has little permanent value to society. Whether we can get there by any secular means is a mystery that we have yet to solve. I will suggest that religion be left out of the equation.

I don't see it that way at all.

Zoo animals? You mean putting them in cages and displaying them in public? Nice idea, but not one I think you could get passed as a law. I suppose you are willing to live next door to these "citizens" when you let them out of jail. I guess you will even have the child molester living next door babysit your kids. If you are not willing to do these things then I suggest your argument and sentiments are just so much nonsense. So whats the truth?

We support the rich in a great many ways, they need no help from the feds or anyone else. You are right that one of our real issues these days is in fact corporate welfare.

The right is no better by any stretch!

The solution that I envision is rather complex. It would take an entire book to write it all down. The solution to this topic is actually simple. Lockup repeat offenders and never let them out again. In the case of violent offenders, no second chance to harm a citizen, lock them up forever upon conviction. These are damned harsh methods, but nothing short of these will accomplish what NEEDS to be done. If you want a system of justice that acts to both punish and prevent crime there is simply no other way to go.

I would like to "ADD" a provincial pension plan to Alberta.

I am not really a righty, nor a lefty either. I do favour a decidedly liberal social policy but a conservative fiscal policy. In the case of bailouts, I do not approve of the wealth transfer. Its simply not the governments business to support "private" enterprise. I think it foolish and a waste of tax dollars to do so. Those tax dollars would have been better spent to pay for retraining and school loans to individual citizens.

To a certain extent that is true. The thing is that we need to come together as a nation with a national will to begin a "healing" process to recover from literally decades of abusing our own society. As of this moment we have taken on a decidedly left slanted policy that detracts from our ability to evolve in a beneficial political and cultural manner. While we cater to the bottom of the barrel, we lower ourselves in the effort, by perpetuating mediocrity. Instead of throwing money at the problem the root causes need to be addressed to resolve the issues. Poverty in the midst of plenty is a crime against the enlightened society. The responsible party for that crime are the political and social leaders within our communities. We need to inspire the citizenry to do better for themselves so they can help others to do the same for themselves. The nation needs to focus on producing viable products and services that our society has in demand. It need to start from the top and work its way down to the basement of society. Those at the top are best able to adapt, in fact they have even proven that they can do so by getting where they have. Along the way we can correct the ills of our society one at a time in order of priority. This problem is the tip of the iceberg and will not be resolved until as a society we begin to understand that the improvement of the human condition is the only real viable political goal that serves the best interests of citizens.

The evolutionary rule of thumb is adapt or die. Nowhere have I read that we can control the weather or "fix" the environment. I think we need to rethink the entire concept.

It takes until October to pay off CPP and EI, the rest of the year we get a nice little raise!

I can see what you are getting at, my family moved to Alberta in 1903 from Quebec. They buried the first born and bred Canadian ancestor of mine there in 1732. So I guess you can say we came from the east!

It might not matter. I think it is safe to say that the next government will be a Liberal one, yet I doubt that they will do any better than a minority. If the do achieve a majority it won't happen just yet. If Iggy waits until fall to pull the plug, I think there will be a cumulative effect of a detrimental nature facing Super Steve. I may be wrong but I think the media is going to start roasting Ministers on a political summer Bar-B-Q spit. Unless something really good happens over the next few months, I think Harper is done like dinner. When he goes, which will likely be right after he loses the next election, I think that the Conservatives will find financial support dry up rapidly. If Iggy can install himself with a majority, the only hope for the Tories is someone from the east, most likely Quebec.

WHAT???? We don't care about our community? That sounds like an easterner talking...........