Sa'adoni Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) I had to stop and share due to the apperance of Eminem in Mr.Day's article. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/02/14/pol-vp-stockwell-day.html Wow what brilliance from Mr. Day *applause* Edited February 16, 2012 by Sa'adoni Quote
Battletoads Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 I need some aspirin after reading that. Quote "You can lead a Conservative to knowledge, but you can't make him think."
Moonlight Graham Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 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. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
scribblet Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 Fair and balanced Quote Hey Ho - Ontario Liberals Have to Go - Fight Wynne - save our province
Topaz Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 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. Quote
Moonlight Graham Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) 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! Edited February 16, 2012 by Moonlight Graham Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
Wild Bill Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 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! Quote "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." -- George Bernard Shaw "There is no point in being difficult when, with a little extra effort, you can be completely impossible."
Smallc Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 Hey, MPs get a couple of bucks just for having someone vote for them! No they don't. Quote
Sa'adoni Posted February 16, 2012 Author Report Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) 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. Edited February 16, 2012 by Sa'adoni Quote
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