tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post6933498370412487794..comments2024-03-18T20:18:14.088-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Now For The Hard PartOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-41458782047743308472012-02-17T11:11:24.389-05:002012-02-17T11:11:24.389-05:00Those of us with long enough memories, Philip, can...Those of us with long enough memories, Philip, can recall that Harris drew an analogy between nurses and hoola hoops -- claiming that there was no market for either of them.<br /><br />That's when I understood why Harris was a failed teacher.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36471388021405284402012-02-17T10:39:55.559-05:002012-02-17T10:39:55.559-05:00Before the government starts cutting services they...Before the government starts cutting services they need to revisit the Harris governments program and learn what damage it did. They drastically cut welfare benefits on the belief that the poor should pay the price first and foremost. We have yet to recover from these cuts. There was also a wholesale lay off of nurses, (my brother and his wife gave up on Canada and moved to the US where their professional skills were welcomed). This left a large gap in the age of nurses that continued to cause problems as the older overworked nurses came of age. We are now just beginning to recover. At the same time the Conservatives found money to build hospitals. Every major city in Northern Ontario has a new expensive hospital. What a shame if they are to be inadequately staffed. Once again, nurses will be overworked and under appreciated. There are lesson to be learned from such past mistakes.Tossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-15982456854458323472012-02-16T10:28:24.615-05:002012-02-16T10:28:24.615-05:00Cancelling corporate tax cuts is a beginning.
Bu...Cancelling corporate tax cuts is a beginning. <br /><br />But, at some point, what Ronald Reagan called "revenue enhancements" are going to have to kick in.<br /><br />Even Reagan understood that fact of life.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36115326098929837712012-02-16T10:01:19.346-05:002012-02-16T10:01:19.346-05:00Well, they could stop prosecuting small marijuana ...Well, they could stop prosecuting small marijuana possessions right off the top. Then, yes, if you are really after the boomer health care costs, and have unemployed family members, give them $$$ to look after Grama at home.<br /><br />But why no talk of increasing revenues? Why is it only one half of the solutions being addressed?<br /><br />And really, will interest rates go up substantially in the next 5 years? Not bloody likely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com