Spending and saving or NOT

[JLM]

I meant the psuedo-Liberal actually-Conservative government in BC... which I can't tell apart from the earlier SoCreds.

They are ALL tarred with the same brush, the only exception being the Dippers pretend to be for the worker and the down trodden! :smile:

 

[Tonington]

It's awfully speculative to say what he did with the money. Since we don't know his financial information, for all we know he invested that money in start-ups and is now worth millions.

 

[captain morgan]

Ha Ha! Show me a politician who is not in it for the money.

Ain't that the truth

They may start out as idealists but soon figure out what is really going on. Take the Reform initial rejection of the platinum pensions and their eventual acceptance. BTW, wasn't Harpo among that lot?

Couldn't tell ya about Harper, but I can say that the Libs and Dippers were omniously silent on the issue..... Mind you, they did go about their business in cashing the full value of their cheques at the time.

 

[mentalfloss]

It's awfully speculative to say what he did with the money. Since we don't know his financial information, for all we know he invested that money in start-ups and is now worth millions.

NP posted an article today basically saying there's nothing wrong with re-mortgaging.

 

[Tonington]

NP posted an article today basically saying there's nothing wrong with re-mortgaging.

If you can afford the payments, of course not. It's not like MPs are lining up at the food bank!

 

[Machjo]

They are ALL tarred with the same brush, the only exception being the Dippers pretend to be for the worker and the down trodden! :smile:

I remember when I first joined the DNP. I was an active member for about a week!

I joined this meeting to talk about issues to bring forward. Seeing it was the NDP, I was expecting they'd be talking about helping people in the poorest countries of the world, or helping destitute Canadians living on the streets, etc.

But no, the main topic of the meeting: increase subsidies to student bus passes so that those middle-class students don't have to pay as much.

That's when I'd realised it was all a sham, all about me me me. I walked away and let my membership expire after a year and never looked back. Quite disappointing really.

Personally, I'd be more trusting of a poor debt-free politician than a rich debt-ridden one.

Back to my week in the NDP:

I remember one discussion I had with one person, saying how free trade would help poorer countries by allowing them to trade with us on a more equal footing. The Dipper was arguing that we needed protectionism to protect our higher wages (i.e. screw the poor abroad). That was another indication that their "socialist" impesonation was totally hypocritical. You'd think socialists would support free trade if it helps to redistribute wealth, no?

Even then I wasn't exactly a hard-core socialist, but I figured a socialist of all people would be more sympathetic to the plight of the destitute. obviously not.

 

[JLM]

I remember when I first joined the DNP. I was an active member for about a week!

I joined this meeting to talk about issues to bring forward. Seeing it was the NDP, I was expecting they'd be talking about helping people in the poorest countries of the world, or helping destitute Canadians living on the streets, etc.

But no, the main topic of the meeting: increase subsidies to student bus passes so that those middle-class students don't have to pay as much.

That's when I'd realised it was all a sham, all about me me me. I walked away and let my membership expire after a year and never looked back. Quite disappointing really.

Personally, I'd be more trusting of a poor debt-free politician than a rich debt-ridden one.

Back to my week in the NDP:

I remember one discussion I had with one person, saying how free trade would help poorer countries by allowing them to trade with us on a more equal footing. The Dipper was arguing that we needed free trade to protect our higher wages (i.e. screw the poor abroad). That was another indication that their "socialist" impesonation was totally hypocritical. You'd think socialists would support free trade if it helps to redistribute wealth, no?

Even then I wasn't exactly a hard-core socialist, but I figured a socialist of all people would be more sympathetic to the plight of the destitute. obviously not.

At risk of sounding tedious and boring, I'll say it again, "the N.D.P. is the best political party until someone else's money runs out" :lol: