tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post6345614226153303135..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: UNFORTUNATELY ........WHAT WE SEE IS WHAT WE GETEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-43145294869855551972015-11-30T14:31:16.217-05:002015-11-30T14:31:16.217-05:00ummm... 21:00 "One of the two leading school...ummm... 21:00 "One of the two leading schools of economic thought of the 20th century". Guess what? We are about to enter the 16th year of the 21st century. Wake up and smell the coffee. <br /><br />"Our current deficits are being funded by cheap money so these expenditures are being made at a fraction of traditional costs." I wonder what it would be like if the there were NO deficits? That way we would not worry about the "traditional" costs or the non traditional costs.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-88406523574412021622015-11-28T17:44:07.519-05:002015-11-28T17:44:07.519-05:00Mr Ballard was going on about ending homelessness....Mr Ballard was going on about ending homelessness. He might need to be reminded when he discovers something<br />new to natter about in his column. Winter might focus his attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-77046542530185993342015-11-28T13:09:35.659-05:002015-11-28T13:09:35.659-05:00It is fine to say we should be doing more at home....It is fine to say we should be doing more at home.<br /> But the fact is that we were not. It has nothing to do with helping these people.<br /> We can still improve the way we treat our own who are in trouble.<br /> The one does not make the other impossible.<br />Hope the weather holds for the parade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-49280943614219485412015-11-28T11:00:03.497-05:002015-11-28T11:00:03.497-05:00Syrian refugees are the flavour of the month. In ...Syrian refugees are the flavour of the month. In Hamilton, the response has been so great that the resettlement people<br />are over-whelmed. They are just hoping to ride it out and save some of the materials and good will for those they were<br />already helping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-26282162075656415562015-11-28T08:15:17.516-05:002015-11-28T08:15:17.516-05:00I agree we should do more for our homeless on our ...I agree we should do more for our homeless on our home front.<br /><br />However, our people fight hunger and the elements.<br /><br />The refugees flee bombs and gunfire, as well as brutality and torturDavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-71450022958878752862015-11-27T21:29:03.919-05:002015-11-27T21:29:03.919-05:00Ah Keynes hadn"t done so well in Greece.Ah Keynes hadn"t done so well in Greece. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-88093669609609000302015-11-27T21:08:57.625-05:002015-11-27T21:08:57.625-05:0020:18
Haven' t you been paying attention? They...20:18<br />Haven' t you been paying attention? They will be funding all these projects through revenue neutral taxing. Yup! It's the new thing now. Jr. picked this new way of funding from his friends in Bc, Alta and Ont. Where have you been? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-42846732472563777162015-11-27T21:00:17.836-05:002015-11-27T21:00:17.836-05:00Our current deficits are being funded by cheap mon...<br />Our current deficits are being funded by cheap money so these expenditures are being made at a fraction of traditional costs.<br /><br />One of the two leading schools of economic thought of the 20th century, those postulated by Keynes, is to spend your way out of a recession, which is where we are in Canada today. But the expenditures have to be job creating, not merely pissed away as has often been the case in the past.<br /><br />Canada "imports" almost one percent of its population every year, and the bulk of these people have settled into our communities and work forces without creating problems. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-51601260243266450742015-11-27T20:44:10.879-05:002015-11-27T20:44:10.879-05:00All I know is that the guy better come home soon. ...All I know is that the guy better come home soon. The guy is gone for a few days and billions are flying out of the biggy bank. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-64596401043448220702015-11-27T20:18:08.440-05:002015-11-27T20:18:08.440-05:00Ill bite even though I might elicit responses like...Ill bite even though I might elicit responses like "I think it important to note that he/she does not like anything much" or "I fear we must expect more of those from the ones who were defeated."<br />Forget the Cabinet Ministers how about Justin T. Today he promised 2.65 Billion for an international climate fund. So Lets take stock. 2.65 for Climate change and counting, 1.25 billion for refugees, 10 billion for infrastructure on top of the 2.4 billion deficit left behind by the Tories. Can any Liberal make a cogent argument how a country with large deficits can fund all this. Lets not forget when an East Coast reporter asked our new wunderkind prime minister how much all the promises would cost he told him to get a calculator and add it up himself. I wonder why.<br />And btw I did not vote for either the Liberals or Tories!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-41832109551001266102015-11-27T20:10:38.845-05:002015-11-27T20:10:38.845-05:0019:56
I am no fan of government but they are pl...19:56<br /> I am no fan of government but they are playing their part . Another group might not be matching funds. We are, of course paying for it. Still....kudos to them too.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-25276860641521721242015-11-27T19:56:16.049-05:002015-11-27T19:56:16.049-05:00These refugees will be just fine, because of the c...These refugees will be just fine, because of the citizens of all these communities, not because of government. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-83857511894839478832015-11-27T18:07:12.300-05:002015-11-27T18:07:12.300-05:00I think people are capable of trying to do the rig...I think people are capable of trying to do the right thing.<br /> But, i also grant Evelyn's point that more should be done on the home front for those most in need. Unfortunately.<br />it can take a disaster to grab attention these days. Supporters of all sorts of excellent charitable organizations are forced to try to extract what they can from a fairly small donor base that is feeling taped out.<br /><br /> In other unrelated news: A recent poll indicates Mr Trump's numbers are down for the week.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-30278749600508038942015-11-27T16:24:03.282-05:002015-11-27T16:24:03.282-05:00Comments like 9:07, just keeps me shaking my head....Comments like 9:07, just keeps me shaking my head. I know this is your Blog, but I would have hit the big "Delete" button. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-61988542728677969072015-11-27T15:55:54.300-05:002015-11-27T15:55:54.300-05:00Apparently more than 30 mayors across the country ...Apparently more than 30 mayors across the country are working with the gov't to take some of the arrivals. I would be<br />astonished if they were not the larger ones, capable of providing the necessary support groups to traumitized Arabic speakers.<br />Locally we can only handle small pods of refugees but there is training going on and the internet is essential. <br /> Maybe together we can make a difference is a few lives. Aurora has done this before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com