On Guard for Thee Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 You've already been shown that they aren't getting cut you just continue to perpetuate this falsehood. What part of reducing 6% to as low as 3% with regard to xfer payments do you not comprehend as being a cut? Quote
Smallc Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 As has already been explained to you, they continue to rise, by faster than the rate of inflation in fact over time. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 As has already been explained to you, they continue to rise, by faster than the rate of inflation in fact over time. And I've already explained to you, 3% is less than 6%. Don't know what more to say. Quote
Smallc Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 Yeah, well, some people just can't do math. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 Yeah, well, some people just can't do math. Evidently. Quote
jacee Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 You've already been shown that they aren't getting cut ... Until when? . Quote
PrimeNumber Posted November 22, 2014 Report Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) I see, so Trudeau is enlightened and a shiny pony. Ok no problem. Now, I don't think PM Harper has changed any abortion laws or laws against homosexuals and he has a majority, he certainly could. He could even use the notwithstanding clause to do it. But he hasn't. He knows if he tried to he'd influence a lot of voters to swing their votes. There is a large portion of conservative voters in this country that do not agree with anti-homosexual policies and are fine with the way abortion is handled in Canada I know quite a few in the conservative heavy area of Saskatchewan I work in. It's really not uncommon so why would he want to jeopardize losing their votes? Edited November 22, 2014 by PrimeNumber Quote “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”― Bruce Lee
SpankyMcFarland Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 .The Liberals, despite what is indicated in the media and polls, have only managed two gains (one from the CPC and one from the NDP) in ten by-elections that they could have added to their total.... In Canada, people don't seem to be nearly as focused on the swing in elections as they are in the UK. In the last two by-elections, for example, there was a big swing to the Liberals. That's what matters. Quote
Smallc Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 By elections which the Liberals lost. Quote
SpankyMcFarland Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 By elections which the Liberals lost. Well, yes but it's what they portend for the GE. You wouldn't seriously expect the Liberals to win in Alberta? Quote
Scotty Posted December 21, 2014 Report Posted December 21, 2014 Makes what a possibility? A Liberal/NDP marriage would be short lived and could very well have disastrous results for one (if not both) of the partners in the following election….That's why I would suggest that such an arrangement would be quite informal. The personalities of the men in charge reek of arrogance. A party can't have two gods on top. Quote It is an inverted moral calculus that tries to persuade the world to demonize one state that tries its civilized best to abide in a difficult time and place, and rides merrily by the examples and practices of dozens of states and leaderships that drop into brutality every day without a twinge of regret or a whisper of condemnation. - Rex Murphy
Argus Posted July 24, 2015 Report Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) I can't help, but smile. Even Justin Trudeau isn't stupid enough to enter into a coalition. That doesn't mean he won't support the NDP if they get the most seats, though. But the history of coalitions is very clear, both here and elsewhere in the world. The senior partner gets the credit if things go well, which means the junior partner gets hammered come next election. On the other hand, if things go badly, the junior partner shares in the public anger and rejection. The NDP were the victims of this in past days. They'd love to do the same with the Liberals. Edited July 24, 2015 by Argus Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
jacee Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 You've already been shown that they aren't getting cut you just continue to perpetuate this falsehood. You are perpetuating the falsehood. Healthcare care PER PERSON will be cut. . Quote
Smallc Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 You are perpetuating the falsehood. Healthcare care PER PERSON will be cut. That's impossible, as the population grows at a rate of less than 3% per year. Chew on that for a bit. Quote
msj Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 That's impossible, as the population grows at a rate of less than 3% per year. Chew on that for a bit. The interesting part is that 6% per year would approximately be economic growth + inflation + population growth, no? So to cut down to 3% would be economic growth + inflation or, if we are in a disinflationary recession, then just population growth. But certainly not G+inf+P. Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
Smallc Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 So to cut down to 3% would be economic growth + inflation or, if we are in a disinflationary recession, then just population growth. It's a far more sustainable level of spending either way. Quote
msj Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 It's a far more sustainable level of spending either way. It probably is but in this context it is a cut. Quote If a believer demands that I, as a non-believer, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but for my submission. And that is incompatible with a secular democracy. Flemming Rose (Dutch journalist) My biggest takeaway from economics is that the past wasn't as good as you remember, the present isn't as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. Morgan Housel http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/14/things-im-pretty-sure-about.aspx
On Guard for Thee Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 It probably is but in this context it is a cut. Some people have a hard time understanding that it seems. Quote
Smallc Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 It probably is but in this context it is a cut. Actually, since the program expired at the end of 2014, and the program was extended and will now continue with a lesser increase, it's the exact opposite. A smaller increase is not a cut. Quote
Smallc Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 Some people have a hard time understanding that it seems. Apparently some do. Quote
Argus Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 It probably is but in this context it is a cut. No, what Jean Chretien did was a cut, a big one. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
Ash74 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 No, what Jean Chretien did was a cut, a big one. And in Ontario, Mike Harris got the blame. Quote “Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”― Winston S. Churchill There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. –Robert Heinlein
jacee Posted July 26, 2015 Report Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) That's impossible, as the population grows at a rate of less than 3% per year. Chew on that for a bit.As has been pointed out to you before:"we'll have a lot of older people out of the work force needing health care, and not enough sustaining income to keep them happy and in the right levels of health care, canadas-aging-population-projected-to-exacerbate-health-care-strain/ . Edited July 27, 2015 by jacee Quote
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