tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post2816657461677682472..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: Europe's Looming Day of ReckoningA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-73395341873909619902013-11-05T13:55:54.369-04:002013-11-05T13:55:54.369-04:00erm.. what you would have is half the population l...erm.. what you would have is half the population living in poverty without education and without a way of getting out of poverty. The UK already had a system in the past where only land-owners could vote (male land-owners). It results in an entrenched society of rich and poor with no social mobility.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490831507142599759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-26960585023731246292013-07-29T00:29:38.570-03:002013-07-29T00:29:38.570-03:00A few paragraphs near the end of a recent story ab...A few paragraphs near the end of a recent story about European and Italian politics hit on a far more important part of reality. In Cyprus, the newly elected President Nicos Anastasiades was rocked in his first month in office by a banking crisis that brought the euro zone to the brink. He has been forced to shepherd a new bailout agreement through a skittish Parliament that rejected the first one. In Greece, the coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, still less than a year old, is boasting that his country is now projected to turn the corner on debt next year in spite of the fact that these projections have never been accurate in Greece or anywhere else in Europe, the economy continues to sink. More about why this is far from over can be found in the post below,<br /><br />http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2013/05/europe-has-not-rounded-corner.htmlBruce Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-21088259463985033912013-07-26T18:38:18.769-03:002013-07-26T18:38:18.769-03:00The underlying problem is the current form of demo...The underlying problem is the current form of democracy that we have. As long as we encourage those that receive direct financial benefits from government, whether by social assistance or pay cheque, to vote, the end result will always be the same. Bankruptcy.<br /><br />In Canada, 40% pay no income tax, 20% receive a pay cheque from the government and effectively pay no tax, leaving just 40% to fund everything for everybody.<br /><br />If only those that pay income tax or property tax and do not receive social assistance or work for the government, voted, we'd have balanced budgets more often than not.TaxMeIAmCanadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884943128846327440noreply@blogger.com