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Superchecker, on 20 March 2010 - 02:42 PM, said:

You have a job with benefits, double overtime, union privileges. But busdrivers working at places like Greyhould don't get anything like you do. I remember that from their strike with the company some years back. In fact, just about anyone who works in the private sector doesn't get your kind of benefits. If anything, if I was you and got a union job with perks, I'd be more inclined to vote NDP each and every time even if they ran a purple rabbit as their candidate. I find your posts a bit smug and hypocritical, because a lot of the benefits your receive and the job security you get can in large part be attributed to the labour unions and the NDP. You come on here from time to time trumpeting how muich overtime your gonna get. You remind me of a friend who gets all these cozy benefits and pension plans working for a crown corporation. He claims to hate the NDP and the union, but he shore love dem benefits, he gets for himself and his family. It's like discontent, but happily so. Conservatives don't like the idea of feeling their dependent upon anyone else, but they're just as dependent like everyone else.

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Yeah, I remember. The Fascat cat ferries went over budget by $500 million and a public inquiry was called. On the other hand, the Olympic Athletes village went 1 Billion over budget and no inquiry was called. yes, I think a inquiry should have been called about the ferries, but one for that Village too.

AA Lavey, on 20 March 2010 - 04:27 PM, said:

And are they as sleazy and corrupt as the provincial government we've got here?

This is exactly how right wingers manipulate people, hike their taxes, give themselves a raise, cut social services, reduce the minimum wage, make the middle class poorer. With Campbell, it's just take take take.Take 10 things off the table, then once in a while throw a bone back to the middle class, and then claim they're making progress. It's called taking 10 things with one hand, and giving one back with the other.

Odd watching President Obama giving his speech to the US congress today, because at least the Americans threw out their own NeoCon scum. We still have ours in Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberals. People so gullible here, they don't realize who they're voting for and how much this government is taking from them. May as well be called "The Republican Party of British Columbia". Using the term 'Liberal' in their name is a real insult to people who consider themselves 'liberals'. That's a real bastardization of the term. Plus, since Campbell and the provincial party here disavows any connection to the Federal Liberals, they should have the name 'Liberal' forcibly removed from the provincial name. 

I was in Guadalajara as well, and again, beggars all around the place, although I must admit, it was much nicer than Mexico City. One really sad sight was a boy, couldn't have been more than 15, begging for pesos in the street, already an alcoholic. He's probably dead by now. Or little kids trying to sell you chicklet gum, just so their families have enough to get by. So when a report comes out that the world richest man is from Mexico, with all its social problems, kinda makes you wonder about the morals of a place like that. And it's quite notable that the conservative political and economic establishment in the United States  has urged Mexico to distribute its wealth better, raise the taxes of the wealthy to invest in things like infrastructure and schools. And Mexico's Standard and Poor credit rating is BBB+, just 3 levels above 'junk'.

And apparently, I'm not the only one who's made note of Helu's accumulation of wealth, and its detrimental effect on Mexican society. Here's one article written by a Mexican Journalist,  Lourdes Cardenas:

http://elpasotimes.t...is-mexican.html

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Goat Boy©, on 18 March 2010 - 07:08 PM, said:

Well what about you? You state an opinion, but with no sources provided. I might post an argument, but at least post credible sources to back my statements up.