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duckduck · 05-24-2003, 10:21 AM

I think the main reason I don't see Paul Martin as such a "wonder" economist is the fact that he's merely refunding some of the money that the Liberal party took under Trudeau in the social splurge. It seems great to ya now, but let's look at the big picture. Hypothetically, let's draw some numbers. Let's say that under Trudeau, they take $20 million. Now, under Paul they give back $8 million. It seems great now, but look at the net result. Don't get me wrong, I love Paul for getting that money back to us. It's just that I think we should be paying off the debt even more so. I mean, if we all personally ran our households the way the government runs the country (with the debt, etc.), we'd have all our possessions repo'd and be out on our butts in the street.

As for how the federal government is run, I'm all for the whole electronic voting in the House. I think that it could be done safely enough that we wouldn't need to worry about electronic hampering. We'd still have elected officials, but they could actually express their opinions through their votes. If you're a liberal and you don't vote as Jean, you're kicked out (for the most part). Same for the other parties. That's not right. That's just an elected dictatorship. We vote privately; why don't they? It's almost foolish to think that everyone in a party will hold exactly the same views. Humans are too complex and wonderful for that, I think.

On the Senate? Get rid of it. The PM can use the clause in the BNA (I think this one) where he can just overthrow the vote (like Mulroney did). Our taxes are just going to pad the wallets of some lucky stiffs who do nothing. If they were as involved as the US Senate, keep 'em. But they aren't and so they're just wasting our tax dollars.

05-24-2003, 10:21 AM	#60 (permalink)
duckduck Psycho Location: Where hockey pucks run rampant	I think the main reason I don't see Paul Martin as such a "wonder" economist is the fact that he's merely refunding some of the money that the Liberal party took under Trudeau in the social splurge. It seems great to ya now, but let's look at the big picture. Hypothetically, let's draw some numbers. Let's say that under Trudeau, they take $20 million. Now, under Paul they give back $8 million. It seems great now, but look at the net result. Don't get me wrong, I love Paul for getting that money back to us. It's just that I think we should be paying off the debt even more so. I mean, if we all personally ran our households the way the government runs the country (with the debt, etc.), we'd have all our possessions repo'd and be out on our butts in the street. As for how the federal government is run, I'm all for the whole electronic voting in the House. I think that it could be done safely enough that we wouldn't need to worry about electronic hampering. We'd still have elected officials, but they could actually express their opinions through their votes. If you're a liberal and you don't vote as Jean, you're kicked out (for the most part). Same for the other parties. That's not right. That's just an elected dictatorship. We vote privately; why don't they? It's almost foolish to think that everyone in a party will hold exactly the same views. Humans are too complex and wonderful for that, I think. On the Senate? Get rid of it. The PM can use the clause in the BNA (I think this one) where he can just overthrow the vote (like Mulroney did). Our taxes are just going to pad the wallets of some lucky stiffs who do nothing. If they were as involved as the US Senate, keep 'em. But they aren't and so they're just wasting our tax dollars. __________________ Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way! Last edited by duckduck; 05-24-2003 at 10:23 AM..