Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mnetor.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!fred From: fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Tax Freedom Day Message-ID: <1114@mnetor.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 15:29:34 EDT Article-I.D.: mnetor.1114 Posted: Fri Jun 28 15:29:34 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 16:31:54 EDT References: <1121@ubc-cs.UUCP> <1110@mnetor.UUCP> <720@utcs.UUCP> Reply-To: fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) Distribution: can Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 53 Summary: In article <720@utcs.UUCP> clarke@utcs.UUCP (Jim Clarke) writes: >. . .that you think pensions should be cut, and that it might as well >be done now since you won't be able to collect yourself when you hit 65? >(I'm assuming you're a boomer yourself, like me, since that's statistically >likely.) Personally, I'd rather pay higher taxes now and for always, if >the alternative is giving people inadequate pensions. > The same goes for daycare, medical plans, unemployment insurance, .... >There may be social programs that ought to be cut, but not -- as far as I'm >concerned -- the most visible ones. > No I'm not in favour of pensions being cut. By the way, I'm 35 years old. Both my parents collect their pensions and we're all glad that they do. My comments were not favouring the cutting of pensions, but rather more along the lines of, "look-out here it comes!" I think some socialist type programs we are using are in fact quite beneficial: medicare, for instance. Although I'd like to see a small amount deductible to limit the abuse. Some doctors are now only interested in seing how many cards they can process in a working day. Hold those flames, Doc! I'm not necessarily blaming the medical profession. I am well aware that doctors did not ask for this system. > >How about nationalizing the lot, and forgetting about regulating private >companies? That seems logically just as valid as selling off Petro-Can, >though of course there are practical difficulties, namely, money. But more >seriously, I don't see what's wrong with the government's owning businesses, >as long as they're not actually run by civil servants, which crown corporations >aren't. As long as Petro-Can makes a profit, I'd rather it went to Ottawa >than Delaware. > >Cheers yourself -- Jim Clarke Governments always seem to have trouble making a profit. It is too easy to simply "bail-out" anyone in trouble, or keep an outright subsidy feeding the crown corp. as is the case for Petro-Can. I believe free enterprise is the best way to run a country!!! We have drifted a long way from that in Canada, thanks to Pierre Trudeau. If we had free trade with the US, for instance, sure, it would put some pressure on our markets, but the competition would insure better products for the consumer. Protectionist policies, or socialist policies usually lead to lower standards of living because it is an attempt to enforce false economies. The supply & demand law is ignored and the effect is inflation, and poor quality products. I believe no changes should be implemented overnight. This affects stability, and few people trust an unstable economy, but if we gradually allow private enterprise to recover, we will have a booming economy by the time the next election rolls around. These views are my own and do not represent those of the PCs or my employer, necessarily. Cheers, Fred Williams