82 billion dollars

[JBen]

And guess what Gord. The difference in pay, between the haves, the have nots. Be they Dr, Lawyer, Teacher, file clerk, cashier.

Isn’t as great.
In fact, because they have free tuition, many study what interest them, not what will pay them.

And on
And on

Perfect?
Not by a long shot.

But FFS. Look around “today”. Whose getting the snot kicked out of them, and who isnt.

[gbk]

People in 'socialist' countries work for the good of the 'state' and its people, not for the good of corporations, and their shareholder owners. Spread the wealth. Totally different mindset.

Other then Norh Korea/Belarus and maybe few odd third world countries -which country You think this is happening....??? Seriuosly!

[JBen]

Russia? So not worried about it, they are sending testing kits to North korea..incase they need them. Which they don't.
China? Now sending Drs/Nurses to italy.
Neither would do that, if they were worried about their own countries.

This discussions came up yesterday elsewhere. Someone said " I'd rather not see Chinese officials dragging the sick from their homes". I said.
Italians are begging their government to come cart their dead brothers/sisters/mothers/fathers/children away.....

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[js4fn]

Russia is also building a large hospital just like China did


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ONAywF9jCeM

[fishermccann]

Walmart heirs are worth 150 BILLION dollars, in US currency. If they gave only 50 billion of that to their over 2 million employees, each one would get 25,000.00 each. Would only having 100 BILLION affect their lavish lifestyle , not one bit. Did they 'earn', that money, no their employees earned it for them. What would their employees do with that money? Spend it, ( stop recession?) likely at their own stores. We are at the stage of the French revolution , where Marie Antoinette said, 'let them eat cake'. And we know how that worked out for the 'haves'. No one who works full time, should live in poverty, ( many walmart employees in the US , rely on food stamps), when others in the same company, ( even owners), have more money than they could possibly use in 1000+ lifetimes.

[JBen]

Meanwhile, the DEMs and REPS can't get didly done.

I am glad Scheer put a stop to JTs power grab last night. Even CBC or it might have been CTV has a blurb this morning that he was grabbing at dictatorial powers.

But as I said initially.
Something ( I don't know what) and some measures ( We might see negative interest rates ) will be needed.

The landscape changed post 2008. Some, there were some small wee changes. If we break it down to the brass tacks.

I can't see the future, mildly optimistic this time around, there will be change. Political, taxes, how that money is used, the way people live, the way people view and look at others. In one week we have laid off, the entire food services, retail and others. The sheers numbers of the "have nots" losing jobs, not spending...losing homes, more snowballs could, start the end.

Today, truckers, garbage collectors, janitors, many more are the heroes, keeping us going.

We, not politicians, not the electorate, learned a thing from either SARS or 2008. This time around it's both at the same time.......

[Ontariofarmer]

Meanwhile, the DEMs and REPS can't get didly done.

I am glad Scheer put a stop to JTs power grab last night. Even CBC or it might have been CTV has a blurb this morning that he was grabbing at dictatorial powers.

But as I said initially.
Something ( I don't know what) and some measures ( We might see negative interest rates ) will be needed.

The landscape changed post 2008. Some, there were some small wee changes. If we break it down to the brass tacks.

I can't see the future, mildly optimistic this time around, there will be change. Political, taxes, how that money is used, the way people live, the way people view and look at others. In one week we have laid off, the entire food services, retail and others. The sheers numbers of the "have nots" losing jobs, not spending...losing homes, more snowballs could, start the end.

Today, truckers, garbage collectors, janitors, many more are the heroes, keeping us going.

We, not politicians, not the electorate, learned a thing from either SARS or 2008. This time around it's both at the same time.......

Emerg and ICU doctors and nurses risk their health hourly


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[JBen]

My father was a Firefighter. “ died in the line”, and that doesn’t count multiple broken bones, damage to his lungs from ammonia (plant fire that one). Nor the times he’d get off work, go to the legion, come home drunk ( always knew that was a bad shift).

I recall the dress parade as a teen. Ask me if I gave or give 2 craps how or why he died. Dead is dead. Whether nurse, or gas station attendant, in Brampton that tested positive.It’s only other that think of some as “heroes”.....
all are needed in a functioning society. By all means Ontfarmer, try to live your life with garbage collection for the next 3 months.

Btw none of the above, not nurses, not FFers, not cops. Make the top ten most dangerous.........

I guarantee you, the children of any lowly janitor keeping a hospital sterile, protecting the nurses don’t give a crap either.....

[oaknut]

Walmart heirs are worth 150 BILLION dollars, in US currency. If they gave only 50 billion of that to their over 2 million employees, each one would get 25,000.00 each. Would only having 100 BILLION affect their lavish lifestyle , not one bit. Did they 'earn', that money, no their employees earned it for them. What would their employees do with that money? Spend it, ( stop recession?) likely at their own stores. We are at the stage of the French revolution , where Marie Antoinette said, 'let them eat cake'. And we know how that worked out for the 'haves'. No one who works full time, should live in poverty, ( many walmart employees in the US , rely on food stamps), when others in the same company, ( even owners), have more money than they could possibly use in 1000+ lifetimes.

Well, that's all fine and dandy, why not scrap the crap CBC and split that billion between Canadians for the next ten years? What did the CBC do to earn that? Work for it? Not so much.

There's a whole lot of fingers that can be pointed. Its futile.

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[JBen]

Does anyone here think the banks have grown a conscious? That they are doing people favours, deferring mtg pmts up to 6 months?

No, they aren’t. They are hoping to get ahead of credit defaults and foreclosures. If that snowball get going. Lookout!! They are hoping to save their own backsides.

The Feds have Already bought 50 billion in insured mtgs. Same thing

The cons stopped this “blank” check. Why?
check the history of corporate bailouts.

Again, I don’t know what, but something needs to be done and soon. Tick tock.

Else the dirty lowly masses that outnumber the haves, that few appreciate, will start or could start defaulting on CC, credit lines, car loans and mortgages........

what happens to the GTA when people with million dollar homes. Find out a snowball that started with the lowly, has resulted in a home that’s only worth say 600k. And the mortgage is 700k

I don’t point my finger at the 1% as many do. They are, no matter how much they have just 1% of the population.....I point it at the 20%