Oh, canada - from an american perspective.

relic

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CBC is a lot better than some of the other stupid sh it they waste money on,some folks just like to bitch.You do know that CBC is more than just news,don't you ?
 

DurkaDurka

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Mar 15, 2006
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No, you got it right on. That is CBC's mandate alright.

Too bad all Canadians can't decide what CBC's mandate should be, given that all Canadians pay their wages!!

Another nonsensical statement from our esteemed generalizer.

Knowing that you are referring to easterners again, how exactly do I decide what the CBC's mandate is?
 

Durry

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The fundamental principle in a free market is that if you like something and you want it, then you pay and you get to buy it or use it.
But it you don't like it, you don't have to buy it or pay for it and hence you don't get to use it.

CBC, can do whatever they want, and if you like it, then you should pay to hear it.
If I don't like it, why should I have to pay for it?

I guess when you grow up with an entitlement culture, you lose the basic principles of what a free market does and how it works.
 

DurkaDurka

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Mar 15, 2006
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The fundamental principle in a free market is that if you like something and you want it, then you pay and you get to buy it or use it.
But it you don't like it, you don't have to buy it or pay for it and hence you don't get to use it.

CBC, can do whatever they want, and if you like it, then you should pay to hear it.
If I don't like it, why should I have to pay for it?

I guess when you grow up with an entitlement culture, you lose the basic principles of what a free market does and how it works.

I suggest you lobby your PM so he/she can create a bill to privatize the CBC then. All your bitching and moaning is exhausting.
 

WLDB

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The fundamental principle in a free market is that if you like something and you want it, then you pay and you get to buy it or use it.
But it you don't like it, you don't have to buy it or pay for it and hence you don't get to use it.

CBC, can do whatever they want, and if you like it, then you should pay to hear it.
If I don't like it, why should I have to pay for it?

I guess when you grow up with an entitlement culture, you lose the basic principles of what a free market does and how it works.

A truly free market hasn't existed here in nearly a century. Actually come to think of it its never existed at all here. The government pays for lots of things I don't like, but it pays for stuff I do like. Its the nature of taxation. If you don't like it you can either vote for someone who will change it, lobby the people already in office or go to Somalia. They don't have taxes there. Its truly a free market there as anything goes.
 

Durry

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A truly free market hasn't existed here in nearly a century. Actually come to think of it its never existed at all here. The government pays for lots of things I don't like, but it pays for stuff I do like. Its the nature of taxation. If you don't like it you can either vote for someone who will change it, lobby the people already in office or go to Somalia. They don't have taxes there. Its truly a free market there as anything goes.
Spoken like a true eastern NDPer would like it to be!!
 

petros

The Central Scrutinizer
Nov 21, 2008
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CBC, can do whatever they want, and if you like it, then you should pay to
hear it.
If I don't like it, why should I have to pay for it?
Should we stop accepting the American funding that comes from publicly funded radio that buys CBC programing, how about the cheques from Sirius or cable and satellite networks that cough up cash from global listeners?
 

Tonington

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I guess when you grow up with an entitlement culture, you lose the basic principles of what a free market does and how it works.

We have no free market, so stop your blathering about free markets.