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Can we outsource government to Canada?
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by YankeeJim | September 15, 2011 at 11:41 am
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Can we outsource government to Canada?
Banking too. Maybe Canada could host a workshop for Congress.
“CANADA STOCKS-TSX climbs 1 pct on optimism for euro zone
Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:27pm EDT
TORONTO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index
extended gains on Thursday afternoon as co-ordinated central
bank action raised optimism about resolving the euro zone debt
crisis and its threat to the global recovery.
At 3:16 p.m. (19:16 GMT) the Toronto Stock Exchange's
S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was up 122.75 points, or 1
percent, at 12,416.13.
(Reporting by Trish Nixon; editing by Rob Wilson)”
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at 11:58 on September 15th, 2011
HAH! OUR government is cutting staffing left right and centre, and denying the possibility of another global recession, while claiming that if it SHOULD happen, Canada will be fine. The fact that it IS happening, and job creation is not even making up a tenth of job loss, according to many economists, who feel that Canada is going to take a heavy hit if the US falls into another recession, or realistically, if the recession it is only just starting to climb out of continues much longer....
As for a workshop for Congress, that sounds like a great idea, though a more cost effective alternative might be to scrap Congress all together, to cut back on Government spending, as that seems to be their main concern. Scrap the Senate too. Bring in an new, more efficient, less expensive entity, with the combined powers of both, but less authority to waste time and damage the nation's reputation around the globe. Or just replace them with automated voting machines, or a magic-eight-ball... They are almost as childish as our Parliament here in the North....
at 12:06 on September 15th, 2011
Interesting theme, America, sold for scrap.
at 12:17 on September 15th, 2011
Not so much sold for scrap, I would be verry dissapointed were that to happen... more canibalized, and rebuilt in a more efficient, more democratic manner, where the elected officials ACTUALLY represent the people who voted them into office, rather than bickering and squabbling over partizan politics to protect their own bottom line. It should happen here in Canada as well. We have too many bloated politicians, content in the knowledge that even if they only serve one term in office, they will make more than most of their constituents earn in a lifetime. I am no socialist, and have nothing against private enterprise, but at the same time, the ammount we pay in taxes to ensure our elected officials can act like spoilt children and besmirch our electoral system with their antics is nausiating....
at 01:35 on September 16th, 2011
Both your posts here Piobar were very insightful..If only..lol
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"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)at 18:31 on September 15th, 2011
Bit difficult to get more democratic than an elected Senate with fixed terms. I understand Canada would like one. LOL.
at 08:58 on September 16th, 2011
SOME in Canada would like one. Others would like to get rid of our Senate all together. Most of us are content in the knowledge that they have not had any real power for over a hundred years, and it keeps these Senile Delinquents off the street.
The idea behind Democracy is that EVERYONE has a say in the government. It is nearly impossible to have a true democracy in a modern nation. The elected officials are all too quick to stand up for their constituents when they face an election, but when the election is won, and they sit back down to squabble and bicker like kindergarteners over a toy. For the majority of their time in office, their main concern is what the party wants them to focus on. That is party politics.
However, scrapping two combersome entities that are causing more harm than good, and increasing government efficiency thereby is not something that either Congress or the Senate would likely approve. Personally, I would like to see it taken a step further. Shocking dog collars on elected officials, and when they put partisan politics before the needs of their constituents, they get shocked. Granted, I have also in past encouraged replacing the Canadian Parliament with "Thunder-dome" and admittedly have little faith in a democratic system in nations with low voter turn out...
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'thirty-aught-six" (not verified)at 09:53 on September 16th, 2011
If you consider the House of Representatives or Parliament as governing bodies superfluous to good government -you are looking at a dictatorship. And if you feel disenfranchised or that your vote has little value now....with out Parliamentary representation you would be truly removed from the equation. Unless you perceive an elected dictator with a fixed term as a productive and socially freeing solution to replace Parliamentary controls on the Prime Minister's authority. LOL
at 10:41 on September 16th, 2011
One thing I will say for dictatorships and police states, for the sake of giving credit where credit is due: at least things get done. No one keeps the trains running on time like a totalitarian tyrant. If doing your job well makes the difference between being tired and getting shot and left in the gutter, people try a little bit harder. How many serfs... I mean "heros of the proletariate"... would bring Stalin his breakfast late, or call in sick so they could lounge around in their underwear until noon?
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'thirty-aught-six" (not verified)at 11:25 on September 16th, 2011
It's a shame on a liberal society when it comes down to dictatorship equals efficiency.
at 12:03 on September 16th, 2011
I'll show you efficiency. Where's Scrivener, I am going to ignite his microwave oven.
at 12:19 on September 16th, 2011
bleeding hearts lead to inability to effectively act. The fear of offending people interferes with the need to act decisively. Don't get me wrong, I am all for democratic input, and think it is a great ideal. But as it is so rarely actually practiced, give me a government that acts in the best interests of my nation, rather than one that doesn't act at all, or only acts in the interest of the members of the ruling party elite. There is little difference between a common-wealth and a monarchy, if the people are oppressed under both, except efficiency. Where a single ruler can make a decision and act on it, for better or worse, a group needs to come to a concensus first, and then, maybe, they might act, after putting it to several commitees and subcommitees.