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Now I think we are getting somewhere. I don't wish to push my fellow man down and grind his face into the dirt because of bad luck or circumstance it is just that these programs snowball into something far different than was intended. Transfer payments are perfect example: Help out your fellow...

It's pretty tough to work toward a Triple E senate when 1 opposition party won't hear of any changes and the other wants it abolished. I believe the CPC did ask the provinces to elect their Senators but most of them flipped the Feds the bird. The GST cut I am a fan of even though it isn't...

I'll go with your numbers on the tax implications. My accountant deals with this and the example is quite different from my situation. I would point out that for any contribution above the CPP into an RRSP the person would get a refund however small. As for the 'socially optimal outcome' part...

One interesting thing that I haven't seen so far is Omar Khadr's name and situation being used to hammer the CPC. In fact I haven't heard anything about him at all lately. KJK

All of the above is correct, what can I say? I was young and not investment astute. That said there are a lot of people getting fleeced by IG. KJK edited to remove 1 too many 'said's

So true and if we need any proof of that just look at the 1993 election promises and how many of them were fulfilled. KJK

Quote from Redeye: I've only ever heard of a few Sprott funds charging that much.  Most come in below 2.5% - and even that in most cases is still far too high, but that's another matter all together. I would agree although sadly every Investors Group fund I ever held was between 2.7X and 2.9X%...

Quote from Redeye: Again, that's not what I said, and not what I'd argue for.  Any such change would take time to implement.  Some good CPP reforms have already been made, but there's room for more.  I'd even be interested in the idea of it being a voluntary system where one could double their...

A split sounds good to me. ERC, I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on the possible CPP changes vs private investment. KJK

DID is reporting a Canadian request for 36 kits to convert Mk 48 Mod 4 heavy torpedos to Mod 7 Advanced Technology units. I knew these torpedos were expensive but $125 million for 36 kits plus spare parts!!!! :o :o :o OMG...

I noticed Test User is missing from the lineup. KJK

Excellent, I'm now 23rd. I meant to ask you Larry, what happened? You were neck and neck with me for quite a while and then you started to fade? Due to issues with Facebook with some of the companies I contract for I play under an alias. KJK

Larry, IMHO you are absolutely correct about the deductions but the reason they are so high is to feed the nanny state. I remember reading somewhere, perhaps even on this board that PET increased the size of the civil service 10x. Was this required? The country had run for 100 years on the...

If you are asking me Larry, I put in more than that these days. I could have a lot of fun with the money now but I prefer to know that I will have a comfortable retirement. I have never tried to compare my retirement savings to a public servant's indexed pension. As for other people I can't...

Quite the condescending attitude. As I look at the 1st page of mutual funds listed on my brokerage account I see 3 Acker Finley mutual funds with a 3-5% MER. As for the CPP operating costs, they were 599 million + trading costs in 2007-2008 according to the Annual report. It states 122 billion...

Well Redeye, it would appear my info was a little out of date as far as the current asset mix goes however as recently as 2000 their portfolio was about 92% fixed income, e.g. government bonds. As for their operating cost I can't find anything that stated what their MER is but I would highly...

Actually Redeye, from my point of view it is very easy to argue against increasing CPP. At what point do we say enough and start holding people accountable for their actions? What you and others are proposing takes money out of my pocket while I'm trying to save for retirement and hands it to...

Mike, Winning this would make feel so much better about the Milpoints I bought I'd buy some more! ;D KJK

Why not bring them back and trade them in on the new 'F's? Isn't Boeing looking for older models for the CHAPS program. Or would trading them in violate Treasury Board rules? :cdn:KJK

Yet more engine problems. http://home.mytelus.com/telusen/portal/NewsChannel.aspx?ArticleID=news/capfeed/national/HG1317.xml&CatID=National KJK :cdn: