Canada's Spending

It\'s been a while Mel...keep it coming!!!

I think Mr Harper was correct. If I remember the context correctly, Canada spends more in Government Administration than any other. If we could free up some of that money, we could spend more on things like reducing EI premiums.<p> There are way too many people with no real use in public departments right now.<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

Harper is just another corporate- American stooge! It`s true, our tax rates are among the lowest in the g7. Even with the spending on administration, Canada coulds easily afford to spend more on health care, education, infrastructure, etc, etc. And the coporate media only allows the voice of the so-called elite to be heard. I was tuning in to different programs and reading different newspapers about Canada`s situation politically and economically. Ben Mulroney of the Toronto Sun (his daddy the traitor sits on the board of sun media) was claiming that Canada`s economy was firing on all 8 cylinders, and that he was inspired by George Bush`s claim to build a permanent base on the moon. On TV Ontario, a panel that included Allan Gottleib and Janice Stein were claiming that NAFTA has been good for Canada, but the one downfall was that with NAFTA corporations can \'sue\'. That`s all that was said. They didn`t tell the whole story about who corporations can sue and how this affects Canadian sovereignty and democracy. I was also reading the Toronto Star and most people who talked about Paul Martin were afraid to mention that he ran sweatships. Chantal Hebert, who I normally admire for her in depth political analysis, merely claimed that Martin had been criticized for being a \'ship owner.\' I could go on and on, so yeah, I`m not suprised that we hear only the voice of the corporate right and their puppets like Harper, Martin, Harris, Klein, etc. Now, mysteriously, we have Belinda Stronach, rich daughter of daddy Magna, coming out of the woodwork to take a run at the Conservative leadership. The right media, funny thing, has such good things to say about this new up and coming politician.

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Dave Ruston

I posted Harpers words with Mels facts in a couple of conservative forums - talk about ruffled feathers!

It seems the truth is the last thing that matters with not only the media, but also those that support the far right.

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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

I didn\'t know Ben Mulroney wrote for the Sun, but the ESPN\' lovin\' pretty-boy is probably even more inspired than someone (Bush) has a smaller brain than he does.

\"So what Canadian culture do you like, Ben?\"

\"Well, I watched Gonzaga play Valparaiso yesterday....\"

Please Roy, could you tell us the address of those conservative forums, so we can see them?

I love Mel, you can count on him for no B.S.! The truth is sometimes complex but this man knows his stuff, and luckily for us writes so we can get it!

We need to challenge the idea that gov't spending (and therefore taxes) are necessarily bad. A person may be against government spending, until their house burns in a forest fire, or they suffer a serious accident or illness. Then gov't spending doesn't seem so bad. Sure there is waste in government, but there is waste in "private" enterprise as well. Are we interested in the common good - or profits for the few. Because I don't see too much tricklin' down! History says it never has, unless the average citizen stands up and makes demands.

First of all Martin is clipping the Canadians out of taxes which he should pay. What sort of people voted for this stooge??? We first need an amending formula to build our own Constitution for ordinary Canadians. As long as Martin and his lackeys stay in power we will never see it. Usurped power is the worst form of corruption in existence. Canadians have been snookered by a group of slicks from down East who are not in a rush to become legitimate. If Martin has any moral courage he would set us free of taxes by ridding us of the parasitic private banking cancer and take up the proper mandate and print the currency for us, which is the proper thing for a legitimate Government to do. All the whining and complaining will not change a thing. Its time the proper authorities spoke up which are the sovereign individuals who are this nations proper backbone,we the common folk. Sir Gawaine.