Category: US Deficit/Economy

More Appalling Facts and Statistics

  A great letter in the Globe from Ken Dunham of Ottawa who quotes a spokesman from the Prime Minister’s Office as saying that “Our Government strengthened Canadian laws with the toughest anti-corruption legislation.” Would this include the disbarred lawyer who was sentenced to 18 months for theft who had been working in the PMO? [...]

Tuesday March 29th, 2011 in Child Care, Corruption, Guns, Nuclear Power, Social Spending, US Deficit/Economy, Unemployment, Women in Politics | Comments Off

US Income Disparity / Canada’s Disgraceful Child Poverty / No Thanks to a Common Security Perimeter!

  On November 1st the New York Times carried a column by their op-ed columnist Bob Herbert on the subject of inequality of income in the U.S.  It’s excellent, and much of what Herbert writes applies to what has been happening in Canada as well.  I’ll ask Jillian if she can provide a link. It’s [...]

Wednesday December 15th, 2010 in Child Poverty in Canada, Common Security Perimeter, Corporate Profits, Emigration, Health Care, Income Disparity, Social Spending, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | Comments Off

Where Are Their Political Instincts?

  Apologies for so quickly returning to the same topic I’ve recently written about…  The more I think about it, the angrier I become regarding the terrible betrayal by the Liberal Party on the widely supported Bill that would have given Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta more seats in the House of Commons to better [...]

Friday December 10th, 2010 in Accountability, Canadian Politics, Democracy, Electoral Reform, The Economy, Trade Deficit, US Deficit/Economy | Comments Off

America’s Politicians / Debt / Foreign Investment & Potash

  Hey, how’s this for a little list? Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan George W. Bush Sarah Palin What do you think this says about the average American voter? A new poll shows that 80% of Republicans “admire Sarah Palin.” Good grief.  And other Republican possible candidates are frozen, afraid to take her on. Good grief [...]

Sunday November 28th, 2010 in Corporate Profits, Debt, Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Liberal Party of Canada, Potash, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | Comments Off

It’s Time to Junk the Senate.

Re the Fraser Institute’s suggestion that we suspend enforcement of the Canada Health Act, is it not quite amazing that anyone still takes these Neanderthals seriously?  Yes, I can understand the troglodytes in their caves at the National Post giving them prominence, but anyone else??? *     *     *     *     * Amazing! 40% of Americans say [...]

Friday November 26th, 2010 in Climate Change, Corporations, Electoral Reform, Health Care, Poverty, Right-Wing Think Tanks, The Senate, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | 2 Comments »

America’s Super-rich

  Paul Krugman says that, ”long-term unemployment in the U.S. is now worse than it has been since the Great Depression.” *     *     *     *     * Frank Rich in the New York Times reports on a Republican senatorial hopeful  who told an interviewer “ I made my money the old-fashioned way, I inherited it.:” Recession? [...]

Wednesday November 24th, 2010 in Income Disparity, US Deficit/Economy | 1 Comment »

Floundering US Economy / On Potash – It’s Looking Like Victory

You’ve probably seen my comments about how the average Canadian worker has done so poorly when compensation is compared to inflation during the past quarter century. Now the Conference Board forecasts that in 2010 and 2011, net wage increases will likely be non-existent, and, contrary to so much right-wing propaganda, public sector increases will be [...]

Sunday October 31st, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Foreign Takeovers, Income Disparity, OECD Comparisons, Peacekeeping, Potash, Right-Wing Think Tanks, The Economy, US Deficit/Economy | Comments Off

It’s Time to Turn Things Around

  Several people, mostly on the left, have been complaining about Canada’s loss of some 300,000 manufacturing jobs during the recent recession.  That’s a huge loss affecting the entire economy in a major way. But, it’s actually much worse than that.  In 2004 there were 2,292,000 Canadians employed in the high-wage manufacturing sector, with all [...]

Monday September 20th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Electoral Reform, Foreign Takeovers, Health Care, Manufacturing, Media, Potash, Poverty, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | Comments Off

More Ugly Indicators

  It’s truly amazing.  The more we cut taxes for big business in Canada, as we have dramatically under Mulroney, Chretien, Martin and Harper, the worse our productivity record grows.  Where once we were in the top 10, we’re now all the way down to 22nd among OECD nations. Of course, the more we cut [...]

Saturday August 21st, 2010 in CRTC, Corporate Tax Cuts, Harper, Media, Peacekeeping, Productivity, US Deficit/Economy | Comments Off