XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
   In article ,   
    "pepper@mega.ca"  wrote:   
      
   > > "Canuck57"  wrote in message   
   > > Snip   
   > >   
   > >> But the real problem stems from Ottawa, they have never tightened their   
   > >> belt and are 30   
   > >> years overdue on a major house cleaning to reduce waste and debt-spending.   
   > >>  Long   
   > >> overdue.   
   >   
   > "M I Wakefield"  wrote   
   > > The size of the Federal public service as a percentage of the total   
   > > population is   
   > > relatively constant ... and railing against Ottawa is on limited usefulness   
   > > ... less   
   > > than 1/3 of public servants are located there.   
   > >   
   > > The only way to get major cuts is to cancel programs and eliminate local   
   > > offices.   
   > >   
   > > So what programs would you eliminate, and how far should someone have to   
   > > travel to file   
   > > an EI claim?   
   >   
   > Maybe we could get rid of those Senators that Harper just stuffed into our   
   > tax pockets -   
   > at a minimum cost of $6 million/year (before travel expenses+) and who can   
   > sit on their   
   > fat 'Duffs' until age 75 ?   
      
   You think each Senator costs $6 million annually? You'll have to back   
   that up.   
      
   You think (even if that's true) that the $630 million it represents is   
   really the problem. You're a fool.   
      
   --   
   Alan Baker   
   Vancouver, British Columbia   
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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