Mike's Daily Comment

They’re Making the Debt Problem Worse

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There is record government, corporate and personal debt . Here’s the question – are big problems more likely to be avoided with a strong or weak economy?  Our politicians seem to think a weak economy will protect us.

What Happens When The Financial System Collapses

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When confidence goes – so does the money bringing the economy down with it.  That’s what’s happened in Venezuela, which just devalued their currency by 95%. No surprise there given socialism’s persistent level of failure.

Antisemitism Goes Mainstream

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Liberal MP Iqra Khalid was just caught giving an award to a well recognized anti-semitic…for the third time.  Nice – she took back the award but that doesn’t hide the fact that anti-semitism is the leading hate crime in Canada. Starts at the 48:19 mark

Federal Leaders Endorse Reverse Robin Hood Policy

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Take from the poor and give to the rich underpins the supply management system that every federal leader endorses – even at the risk of derailing NAFTA. Starts at the 34:02 mark

Self Righteous Diplomacy Reveals a Cultural Bias

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Canada’s Former Ambassador to China warns of the dangers of basing diplomacy on Western values without understanding how, demanding other countries adhere to our values, comes across.

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