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05-12-2009, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by unit  I agree... | LOL there's more errors than that in my post, I wrote too much to worry about correcting them. The difference is I wasn't criticizing university education.
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05-12-2009, 10:40 AM
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#77 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Its ignorant
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Originally Posted by taylor192 It's ignorant.
It's hard to criticize someone's opinion on education when you cannot put together a coherent, grammatically correct, spell-checked argument. | 
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05-12-2009, 10:51 AM
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#78 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by m!chael Where are these journals at? give me a good link or two, I'm not being sarcastic I would actually appreciate more info on the matter. | I got it from my supervisor at work. I'll see if I can get the publication name for you next time.
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05-12-2009, 11:35 AM
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#79 | | Banned (ABWS)
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05-12-2009, 11:45 AM
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#80 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Gordan Campbell and the Liberals are like Micheal Jordan and the Chicago Bulls back in the day...
Three-peat!! Swish.
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05-12-2009, 11:57 AM
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#81 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by FS1992EG I don't know why we still vote for liberals to be in power and running our government, there just two faced in my opinion. | To be blunt, the Liberals haven't done a stellar job; but to vote for the NDP would be far worse.
The NDP's dogma appeals to those voters who feel a sense of entitlement - believing fervently that everyone deserves a higher wage with no regard to how a free market dictates compensation.
By simply boosting infrastructure spending and increasing the standard of living on a short-term scale, they have continuously stuck the tab onto the rich, which they paint as a corporate beast.
This "thumb in the dam" fix is very troubling on two grounds:
Firstly, the rich and educated are in demand, and very mobile - unlike the average laborer stuck in Vancouver, they are free to liquidate and move anywhere else in the world that will pay more, or to any other jurisdiction that holds a more business friendly tax structure.
Secondly, entrepreneurial drive is dampened. Potential start-ups face increasingly business hostile conditions which serves to dull B.C's talent repertoire.
To support a higher standard of lifestyle is noble, but to do it with wanton disregard to the bill borders on ignorance.
PS: I'd vote for the Marijuana Party. Legally growing weed would not only employ thousands, but chop the finance tree of the BC underworld. And no, crime would not rocket out of control. My friend from Amsterdam tells me they hate how Westerners think their countrymen are potheads when in reality the locals don't abuse it.
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05-12-2009, 12:03 PM
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#82 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by adambomb Gordan Campbell | Sounds like an evil Godzilla enemy or something. GODZILLA VS. GOR-DAN!
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05-12-2009, 12:12 PM
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#83 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by achiam Firstly, the rich and educated are in demand, and very mobile - unlike the average laborer stuck in Vancouver, they are free to liquidate and move anywhere else in the world that will pay more, or to any other jurisdiction that holds a more business friendly tax structure. | This is what built the US, people fleeing Europe's taxation for new opportunities in a developing market. In our global economy this is even easier now, and there's lots of other countries with faster growing GDPs to invest in.
The average labourer used to be mobile, if you lost your job you moved to another city with jobs. The past 50 years has changed this. We're more rooted to our over-priced homes, and with 2 (or more) family members working its increasing difficult to relocate and find employment for all. For young single people (who should be mobile) the last decade has removed a lot of mobility as we bought into the myth that everyone needs to own a house, and rooted ourselves.
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05-12-2009, 01:17 PM
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#84 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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I just got a few flyers in the mailbox that was bluntly attacking NDP.
I usually see the ads in the newspaper attacking the Liberals (but they generally state more numbers than opinions..but the ones i got were pretty aggressive.
Anyone else got them too? It was also translated to Chinese. It was talking about NDP is incompetent at crime, expensive booze, death tax, more brainwashing blah blah blah
It's pretty shocking to see this in Vancouver..I usually don't see it to this degree of agressiveness.
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05-12-2009, 01:39 PM
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what's thedeal with the expensive booze?
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05-12-2009, 01:53 PM
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#86 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by MajinHurricane what's thedeal with the expensive booze? | 1. I don't know why its so expensive to begin with.
2. The BC Liberals use the carbon tax to balance the budget.
3. The NDP want to remove the carbon tax, so they need something else to balance the budget - booze tax.
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05-13-2009, 08:10 AM
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#87 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Cool discussion. I wasn't planning on voting, but this thread convinced me to do so.
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05-13-2009, 08:29 AM
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#88 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by sonick Cool discussion. I wasn't planning on voting, but this thread convinced me to do so. | 
Can someone post a poll, my account settings do not allow me to.I'd like to see how many people voted, didn't vote cause they suck, or decided not to vote since none of the parties represent their values.
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