Comments on: California Completely Misses The Point http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/california-completely-misses-the-point/economy “Where Just Being 'Right' Is Wrong" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MadTrucker http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/california-completely-misses-the-point/economy/comment-page-1#comment-5597 MadTrucker Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:56:34 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=7441#comment-5597 Ooops! Something didn't go quite right, there. My attempted correction was to substitute "it’s the only way socialists will ever learn", with "it’s the only way socialists will ever BE STOPPED". Gotta learn how to work this keyboard someday. Ooops!
Something didn’t go quite right, there.

My attempted correction was to substitute

“it’s the only way socialists will ever learn”,

with

“it’s the only way socialists will ever BE STOPPED”.

Gotta learn how to work this keyboard someday.

]]> By: MadTrucker http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/california-completely-misses-the-point/economy/comment-page-1#comment-5596 MadTrucker Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:46:49 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=7441#comment-5596 Durward, I agree with what you say with just one small exception. The correction appears below. "A complete meltdown in BC is exactly what we need, it’s the only way socialists will ever <<>>, so the sooner the better, otherwise it’s the continuing slow socializing of society and a longer dying period." Socialists believe themselves to be ideologically pure and are incapable of learning. Yer welcome... ;) Durward, I agree with what you say with just one small exception. The correction appears below.

“A complete meltdown in BC is exactly what we need, it’s the only way socialists will ever <<>>, so the sooner the better, otherwise it’s the continuing slow socializing of society and a longer dying period.”

Socialists believe themselves to be ideologically pure
and are incapable of learning.

Yer welcome… ;)

]]> By: bert http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/california-completely-misses-the-point/economy/comment-page-1#comment-5583 bert Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:58:31 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=7441#comment-5583 Only way to save B.C. and California is for both of them to kick the shit out of the environmentalists and special interest groups.Get rid of this BS Global warming crap once and for all.Then lower taxes for individuals and business and get rid of half the government staff. There i have solved another problem and it is only the third day of the new year. Only way to save B.C. and California is for both of them to kick the shit out of the environmentalists and special interest groups.Get rid of this BS Global warming crap once and for all.Then lower taxes for individuals and business and get rid of half the government staff. There i have solved another problem and it is only the third day of the new year.

]]> By: Powell Lucas http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/california-completely-misses-the-point/economy/comment-page-1#comment-5581 Powell Lucas Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:10:43 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=7441#comment-5581 What B.C needs; what California needs; what the Government of Canada needs; what the U.S. government needs is some truth in advertising. It is long past the time when politicians keep promoting their grandiose schemes as being 'free'. There is no such thing as 'free' health care. There are no such things as 'free' education or 'free' municipal swimming pools or 'free' parks. Everything costs. This nonsense of burying the costs of a 'free' anything in budgetary planning, so as to hide them from the public is a fatal ruse. We need someone to stand up and say: "If you want this, here's what it will cost." And we don't need the usual leftist number crunching that produces "projected savings by eliminating such and such a problem" or "anticipated revenue through savings from other programs." This type of economic prestidigitation only clouds the issues to hide the inevitable pain. Tell everyone what a program will cost without the fancy number crunching. Quit reinforcing the idiom that "figures don't lie, but liars figure". If savings accrue from reduced costs in one area because of a new program in another; so be it. The savings will show up on the books in the future and the politicians can then puff out their chests and claim credit. Since the anticipated savings rarely happen, due to bureaucratic empire building, which simply layers one bureaucratic fiefdom on top of another, the politicians like to claim the glory before the chickens come home to roost. (Witness the Vancouver Olympic Games.) That way they can be long gone from active politics to some well-paying sinecure where they can collect their big fat pensions and their big fat pay cheques. Do I expect this to happen? Only in my navel gazing stupor as the smoke from some illegal substance wafts about my head! What B.C needs; what California needs; what the Government of Canada needs; what the U.S. government needs is some truth in advertising. It is long past the time when politicians keep promoting their grandiose schemes as being ‘free’. There is no such thing as ‘free’ health care. There are no such things as ‘free’ education or ‘free’ municipal swimming pools or ‘free’ parks. Everything costs. This nonsense of burying the costs of a ‘free’ anything in budgetary planning, so as to hide them from the public is a fatal ruse. We need someone to stand up and say: “If you want this, here’s what it will cost.” And we don’t need the usual leftist number crunching that produces “projected savings by eliminating such and such a problem” or “anticipated revenue through savings from other programs.” This type of economic prestidigitation only clouds the issues to hide the inevitable pain. Tell everyone what a program will cost without the fancy number crunching. Quit reinforcing the idiom that “figures don’t lie, but liars figure”. If savings accrue from reduced costs in one area because of a new program in another; so be it. The savings will show up on the books in the future and the politicians can then puff out their chests and claim credit. Since the anticipated savings rarely happen, due to bureaucratic empire building, which simply layers one bureaucratic fiefdom on top of another, the politicians like to claim the glory before the chickens come home to roost. (Witness the Vancouver Olympic Games.) That way they can be long gone from active politics to some well-paying sinecure where they can collect their big fat pensions and their big fat pay cheques.
Do I expect this to happen? Only in my navel gazing stupor as the smoke from some illegal substance wafts about my head!

]]> By: Durward http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/california-completely-misses-the-point/economy/comment-page-1#comment-5576 Durward Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:08:58 +0000 http://thesecretsofvancouver.com/wordpress/?p=7441#comment-5576 A complete meltdown in BC is exactly what we need, it's the only way socialists will ever learn, so the sooner the better, otherwise it's the continuing slow socializing of society and a longer dying period. A complete meltdown in BC is exactly what we need, it’s the only way socialists will ever learn, so the sooner the better, otherwise it’s the continuing slow socializing of society and a longer dying period.

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