Isn’t it wonderful,we have another provincial election coming on,and Robme McDonald is spewing this shit about his balanced(crooked)budgets.do any of us really believe anything that he can say,to get re-elected again,and could we ever trust the Liberals for that matter.Seems to me,that’s all we’ve had in this province since forever,and neither one keeps a single promise.So,are we gonna be suckers again,i certainly hope not.
— LIFE SUCKS
This article appears in May 7-13, 2009.
Polititions!
And none of them will be able to balance the budget the way the economy is at the moment.
complaining about politics is like … skating uphill. I am completely apathetic towards any political issue… the only thing that gets me worked up now is the price of Greco delivery..
We don’t have much in the option’s of what party to vote in. However, if NDP get’s in, were fucked. Maybe lower income families will get tax breaks but the economy as a whole is going to suffer.
Could it really be that much worse than anything the Cons and Libs have done in the last 50 years?
I hate discussing politits.
New Rule: You must be able to spell ‘politicians’ before you are allowed to discuss politics.
Clearly we need to sink more funds into education. Too bad they’ll be going into the amalgamation issue. What a craptacular platform.
based on all the crap they spew, it’s more like poluticians.
I really did think the OP was talking about polutions…he had me a bit confused for a minute.
The solution is simple, but greed is our collective enemy. Who’s really hurting here? People with no job to go to, and the folks that can’t do a job.
Help these folks and we’ll all be happy. People with more money than they need should be helping those that don’t have enough.
Government is the only mechanism we have to make these adjustments. Raise the taxes on the rich to help the poor.
I’ll be voting for the POLITITION that can get this man a space bar.
Smee, How can you have more money than you need? The more money I get, the more I realize I need.
I used to believe that taxing the rich to help the poor was a good idea…when I was poor.
Next time you do your taxes, imagine that you were making money in the highest tax bracket and crunch the numbers. See if you would feel comfortable paying that much of your income to support people who don’t/can’t work. When you are wealthy and paying a lot of your income to support social programs, you (legitimately I think) start to feel like you should have more say in how that money gets spent.
BTW, I am in no way wealthy, I’m just starting to sympathize more with those who are.
I believe this is the same Life Sucks who posts on the Herald’s site. His stuff always looks like that, Mole. 😛
And no, I don’t think that any party will do any better of a job. I doubt the NDP will do any worse than their predecessors, if they get in power, but they won’t do much better, either. The system is what it is; I suspect we’ll see some decent moves made here and there, but mostly more of the same.
I agree with you Miles, I am far from rich, but I know of people that get a raise at work and end up getting less money than what they did before the raise due to taxes. And what the fuck is up with this 88 dollar tax credit for parents who apply for an RESP for their newborn within the first year. 88 dollars, are you shitting me. Fuck I’m sold…..
How the hell is that any kind of incentive, and how the fuck can rodney come out and say that THAT 88 dollars can be the difference between your child being able to afford tuition.. seriously, are you shittting me?
1fallingangels1,
could you please explain how is it possible to lose money through a raise? That makes no sense to me.
Also, to be fair about the RESP credit, in the 18 years the kid is waiting to graduate high school, that 88$ would roughly double at 4% interest. 176$ might still buy a whole science book in 2027!
The only way that could happen Dogma is if you were straddling a tax bracket and you got a significant raise. That situation would effectively put less cash in your pocket at the end of your year, but not up front, but if you get a raise like that, you can afford to fork over a little extra into junior’s RESP or into your own RRSP, to reduce the tax burden. Very simple really. In your calculation for the $88 to $176 at 4% interest, did you take into consideration compounded interest? I think you’d find the result much higher. Generally speaking, after year 5, your values actually start to triple or quadruple. Oh, sorry… just channeling my work there for a moment.
it had better… because with 18 years of compounded inflation, a book will be redonk to purchase.
Since the time of Confederation in this Province we have had a ‘Conservative or Liberal Government ‘ running the Province & they have managed between them to put us 12 THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT !
THeir most brilliant move- They gave away NS Power which had over 4 billion in TAXPAYER paid for assets…& guarranteed them (their cronies) the ability to take 240 million dollars a year minimum in profit…& for the tax payers what did we get…higher bills.
How can anyone with even half a working brain feel that any other Political Party can F^(# us harder than that ?
I personally would vote for Joseph Stalin (if he was still alive) over any Conservative or Liberal Political hack…Not that I think he would be better. I just want to be screwed by someone different for a change !
Mark me “tired of being screwed by only my left or right hand, surely there’s a pussy out there somewhere” ! ! !
Umm…correct me if I am wrong..but, you if you put in 1000$ within the first year of the child’s life, you get an 88$ tax rebate..no interest on that as far as I know. No Dogma, I don’t know how it work’s I would go with what Dr Fever said because it never personally happened to me.
1fallingangels1,
in “THAT 88 dollars can be the difference between your child being able to afford tuition”, the 88$ comes to you in 2009, but the tuition comes in 2017 or so. Therefore: interest.
Dr. Fever,
you’re right. …rookie economics mistake. lol I was going with annual compounding. Still, I do remember learning about Euler’s number, and compounding more often…even continuously…wouldn’t change my figures much.
100$ @ 4% compounded annually for 18 years: 202.58$
100$ @ 4% compounded monthly for 18 years: 205.20$
100$ @ 4% compounded daily for 18 years: 205.44$
100$ @ 4% compounded every second for 18 years: 205.44$
…still roughly double. 😉