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- From: viking@bnr.ca (Harold Henriksen)
- Subject: Anyone want to buy a used country?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.132220.21720@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
- Reply-To: viking@bmerh66.bnr.ca
- Organization: BNR Ottawa, Fibre Systems Development
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 13:22:20 GMT
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- With the latest report on trapnsportation costs and user pay, the government
- has really gone off the deep end. Basically, their suggestions would amount
- to the death of transportation in this country at all levels. Road costs
- would go up 7-23 cents a litre. But business would swallow the costs right?
- I mean since rail is going fast where it isn't already gone, what choice do
- they have? Oh, I forgot, they could get out of the country. Not a bad business
- choice since the middle class is fast disappearing and will have no discretionary
- income to buy anything - even if they have jobs left. There are, of course, the
- rich and the politicians. Of course, the rich can afford tax shelters and the
- politicians can just raise their tax-free allowance.
-
- The problem is, of course, the country is running out of money. No money for
- social programs except for politicians' pension plans. No money for investment
- in infrastructure - except penitariaries in Baloney's home riding, a Canadian
- space agency in Montreal, a naval reserve headquarters in Quebec city, etc. (I'm
- sure there are other examples in other parts of the country but I have no examples
- at hand). No money for educational investment except education on the constitution
- and what a great job the Tories are doing. No money for culture except salaries
- for the Tory appointees. No money for job training but that's okay since
- there aren't any jobs anyway that require training. No money for health costs
- but that's okay since there's no discretionary income for the sins (luxury food,
- booze, tobacco, etc.) that cause health problems and what the hell, we're all
- going to die anyhow. No money, in fact, for anything but expensive studies that
- tell us we have no money and polls to let the Tories know what a great job they're
- doing.
-
- What's the solution? The bottom line seems to be that this country is living
- beyond its means. To be blunt, we frankly cannot afford to be a country. The
- only solution seems to be to sell off our assets so - anyone want to buy a slightly
- used country?
- --
- Harold Henriksen Bell-Northern Research
- email: viking@bmerh694.bnr.ca Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
-
- Pillaging and plundering were more fun than programming!
- (Opinions are not my employer's and sometimes not mine)
-