Recent content by CTSblues

I can not think of a better person to answer that question than Amartya Sen, a Nobel laureate in economics: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/opinion/why-india-trails-china.html?_r=0 My feeling is that the Chinese leaders are appointed the way we appoint CEOs. In other words, you simply can...

I am almost an exact copy of Nelson Mandela, interesting. Based on the result, I can see why I do not care for most politicians. They are the very opposite of me in so many ways. Seeing how much Obama, S Harper, and Hu Jintao have in common puts a smile on my face. I don't care if a person...

A moderate and well reasoned position. I can live with it.

I was accused of being arrogant for using the word "intractable"; you will be sorry for using "diatribe". Politics of resentment/envy. When I read this, Although Ontario earned one of the highest rankings - it's school system is rated as "great" - the province manages to spend thousands of...

I can live with a blend approach for social harmony alone. Unfortunately social harmony is something many of us do not appreciate until we lose it. Personally self-interest. Like the people in finance, most of us want to privatize our gains and socialize our losses. Reality of course does not...

Sounds like you are talking from experience, but is it my responsibility to pay for it? You are putting a bandage on cancer. I operate to remove the cancer. Big difference. Tell me, what is your motive for coming to TERB to peddle your snake oil? Are you thinking the blue-collar type will be...

Would ability grouping help to streamline the problem? I do appreciate the perspective from the other side of the desk, btw.

I really enjoy talking to people who can add 2 and 2 together. You are right. Taken to its logical conclusion we have to privatize all social spending in order to fulfill the neocons’ nirvana of zero deficits. What else can we do if people don’t want to pay more taxes?

I am not trying to stain the police, but to show how you violate the principle of justice known as impartiality. I am sure any government agency that has a pulse can see that the funding has to rest with the children. Please give them more credit than that. What is she doing with 4 children...

That is very true. Public schools are designed for students in the normal range. It is not for students at either tail. You are preaching to the converted. I would like nothing better than a voucher for all services and the privatization of education, policing, medicine etc. I am certain the...

Very true. Canada will simply follow the other countries in implementing what others are doing. In all likelihood, it will be some kind of budget sequestration.

How quickly we forget: http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/news/surveillance?market=210 What a nice lapdog our TPSB Chair Alok Mukherjee is: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-police-chief-defends-relationship-with-board-after-g20-report-1.859085 If I have young children, however, I would...

Are you not aware of police putting police board members that are deemed “anti-police” under “surveillance”? Any dirt they find can be used to help the mmber “see the light”. The concept is simple. In a nutshell we are operating our social welfare system like a credit card. If there are only...

They don’t need to. They have politicians as hostages. Are you suggesting they would use patients as hostages? I thought only teachers do that. If my recommendation for a “voucher” approach is followed, healthcare cost is going to go down because it penalizes those who overuse it and reward...