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Recent content by Brad Sallows

  1. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    "Huge share price despite little or no apparent revenue" isn't exactly novel, particularly in tech.
  2. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    I agree with the policy aim. I disagree that it's correct to pay for it out of EI. If it's important public policy, it ought to be paid out of general revenues, which is pretty much where every other important benefit and policy is dealt with. EI was chosen because it was generating...
  3. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    The 6 month delay is ordinary. Since he got a break on the amount of the bond he has to post in New York, whether he can realize a gain now or later is irrelevant. If he sells a bunch of shares 6 months from now and realizes a large gain, some of his opponents are going to lose their nut and...
  4. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Carbon pricing with rebates is economically sound, but that conclusion relies on a narrow analysis. "Ceteris paribus", but ceteris are not paribus. There are different points at which the scheme could have more effect, and points at which it is more harmful. And if it's impeding our ability...
  5. Brad Sallows

    Cost of housing in Canada

    I pay school taxes and I don't have a school on my property.
  6. Brad Sallows

    Cost of housing in Canada

    It's not really a "rain tax", it's a "hard surface" tax. The idea is to tax the amount of water people are pushing into storm drains using hard surface area as a proxy; it's basically a user fee. I have seen proposals floated for charging people for the rain that falls on their property and is...
  7. Brad Sallows

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    It's too bad the Res F is so resistant to changes of role/name. The recent experience of the RCAF should inform us that if Reg F infantry battalions were re-named to divide the "mafia" 9 ways, they would accept it peacefully and soldier on. If only the Res F could emulate that professionalism.
  8. Brad Sallows

    A Deeply Fractured US

    They didn't really separate much. Only Congress is restrained. John Adams was most likely correct when he claimed "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." The US constitution took a lot of power out of the hands...
  9. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Putting more power in the hands of renters might help against a few abusive landlords, but it tends to decrease the supply of rentals among people who only have one or two, don't really need the money, and can't afford the risk of even one problem tenant, once. If the authorities with...
  10. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Not necessarily. Crudely, the money supply only increases when the BoC increases it to step in to buy bonds which are not purchased by ordinary institutions. (And if the BoC sells those financial instruments into the market, it can reduce the money supply.) As for all the rest of the bad...
  11. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    Please don't perpetuate fiscal ignorance. The BoC works to bring down inflation by raising interest rates. The GoC has been actively working against that by overspending and running large deficits.
  12. Brad Sallows

    Trudeau Popularity - or not. Nanos research

    I paid into EI all my working life and was never able to claim anything. How refreshing it would have been if it were actual insurance to cover unforeseen unfortunate events, and not a kitty to be raided for new social spending that should have been paid out of general revenues if the feds...
  13. Brad Sallows

    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    I wouldn't expect the Res F to receive any of the high flyers, but if the Reg F has enough indifferent and incompetent people at LCol rank to oversee, say, 20 consolidated groupings ("battalion groups"), then the army has problems very much greater than Res F reform. As for abusive and...
  14. Brad Sallows

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Yours won't be the only one. Increasing firearm restrictions is one of the many issues that is a "vote killer", not a "vote getter".
  15. Brad Sallows

    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Don't allow that to be the narrative. "Deliberately ignores" and "actively despises" are in the mix, too.
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