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Those of you who believe in the goodness of large corporation, and the evils of worker's unions, might want to read this book:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/rev ... 50795990/1


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Icebound, the war measures act including the Canadian Wheat Board should have expired with the expiration of the second world war. It was setup to prevent farmers from profiting from the British during war time by allowing only a single buyer of grain which set the price. That is a very weird read ...

I believe a PC Government would work well with Ottawa - and further improve Ontario. I am sick of the lefto-fascist idiots running this country. I would be interested in the definition of "improve". Also, "improve" for whom? And is there anything more fascist that imposing ideological edicts.... fo...

The internet is abuzz about that flight. The one the passengers supposedly regained control of, and that had to be shot down. I don't know more, but it does add up somehow... :shock: I hope that you have read THIS... http://www.rutgerslawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/special/911/Sept11_Monograph.pd...

This is historic. This is terrific. .......... The public......................... wants the government to CUT SPENDING! No they don't. They just don't want to pay for it, but still want.... and indeed NEED.... the services. This is the model that destroyed California and it will destroy BC and any...

A couple of days ago... maybe up to a week.... a particularly obnoxious talk-show host did an on-air rant about f#@king Canada and f#@king Canadians... The CBC tried to get an interview with him but his handlers refused. However, he apparently called up the CBC himself, and basically redid the rant....

Good point you'd think for a billion dollars someone would be watching or listening, the lefty's must think money is grown on trees. We have public health care that needs money, social services and you want to put it into the CBC..good choice! Actually.... a lot of money comes out of thin air..... ...

We do keep forgetting that "democracy" means the inclusion of everybody and not just "majority rules" as many of you would wish. That means that, even if ratings don't match Dancing With the Stars, or whatever, there is still room for programming that reaches a minority of listeners/viewers. Having ...

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At least CBC interviewers allow their guests to finish their own sentences.


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niss wrote:So I want to get a dog....

Niss

Niss... walk past the dog pound to the beer store, get a supply, go home and keep drinking until the feeling goes away.



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...plus there are a bunch of them that I don't want to give so much as a dime. I am afraid that is precisely the point. There are some that I don't want to give a dime, either. But democracy has to be inclusive... all voices are supposed to be heard.... or you get the seeds of what is happening in ...

JakeYYZ wrote:
They have to address expanding the tax base vs. trying to increase tax rates on higher incomes.
Yes. A VAT tax makes sense.

I wonder how the so-called tea-party responds to a VAT proposal


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Here is another creepy "weapon".

http://www.gigapixel.com/image/gigapan-canucks-g7.html

Click on the picture and use your mousewheel to zoom in....

.. Now we know for sure that things are really bad. Even Fox News' BIll O'Reilly is advocating a national sales tax. http://video.foxnews.com/v/1090188435001/what-the-debt-deal-means-to-you/?playlist_id=86934 "A national sales tax would raise an enormous amount of cash, which could then be used to f...

Well then, lets fire those coal power plants back up and get back in our SUVs immediately. What's the use of social responsibility to our planet. Releasing mass amounts of CO2 couldn't possibly affect our atmosphere. Not yet. I'm going to wait until I see how this new information is incorporated in...

robertsailor1 wrote:Public funding of democracy??? Surely you jest. Sounds like something a disgruntled Liberal would be whining about.

Yeah, I know... I like my political parties (ALL of them) beholden to the electorate, rather than to oil companies, unions, or ANY vested interest.


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Driving Rain wrote:
Looking more like the Tea Party is taking their political direction from Bircher nut jobs

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010 ... al_retweet

Is Harper taking lessons? Is this the reason he is so eager to eliminate public funding of democracy???

... ... Taxes are a component to re-setting the economy. My understanding of the main platform is that what must go are worthless departments, regulatory agencies and foreign aid, all things the public can live without. .... ... ... It’s not about dropping safety nets. It’s about personal responsib...

.. Now THIS would be hilarious... :lol: http://business.financialpost.com/2011/07/26/beyond-debt-ceiling-u-s-needs-own-gst/ "Eventually, we expect the United States will have to do what Canada and other rich countries have done — implement a value-added sales tax. ... ... ...the merits of a sales ta...

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An interesting perspective by an Australian-born "lawyer, academic and Rock Musician"


http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2808618.html


"Already you can see the rhetorical slide. What began as an unambiguous act of terrorism is slowly becoming the work of a "lone gunman"."


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