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Hi all,
I thank Arthur Cordell for pleading my case far better than I ever could.
.................. dennis
>Dennis Paul wrote:
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>It was the Reagan revolution that has revoked these laws and sent us
>on our present path downwards towards another social restructuring.
>
>I find this quote evocative and I would like Dennis to elaborate. In
>Canada, specifically in Ontario and Alberta, two of our richest provinces,
>the governments have embarked on major - I mean major neo-con initiatives
>in restructuring Medicare, education, labour laws, welfare reform and I see
>in the paper today, that Ontario is about to debate the possibility of
>opening up Crown lands to mining companies and increased logging and pulp
>and paper. This is happening 10 years after the American experience which
>is the typical time lag between the two countries.
>
>Social Restructuring has to have an outcome. The outcome put forward is a
>balanced budget, efficiency, ( to the degree that they count the steps a
>postman makes on a walk and then devise walks to maximize each individual
>effort) lower taxes, shrink the size of government and increase the power
>of government in the hands of the ruling party. All thoughts of equality
>are subverted to the concept of equal opportunity rather than need. The
>future is left to take care of itself, child poverty which leads to
>increased crime and lower standards of social adjustment are accepted under
>the guise of the elite's ability to rise to the top and be damned to any
>who are not elite. Global warning is balanced against the need for
>business to keep growing rather than a world wide crisis that all should
>participate in solving.
>
>It is hard not to be cynical in these times as the power seems to reside in
>the hands of a small minority that blatantly lobbies and advertises for
>their self interest rather than others interest. Well enough of my Sunday
>morning ruminations. I think some of the comments Eva made are very valid.
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>Respectfully
>
>Thomas Lunde
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