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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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