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Dan Miller, former NDP Premier points out the lunacy of the BCTF & Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s thinking.

While the BCTF demands higher wages & benefits it actually opposes resource development & the revenue it produces that would pay those demands. 

 
Miller straightforwardly asks Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson where he thinks the Federal & Provincial money is going to come from to meet his Billion dollar infrastructure requests without any revenues from resource industries like Coal, Oil & Gas?

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Dan Miller’s Province Editorial; Dan Miller: How will we pay for stuff without the resource sector?

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A typical Teacher/Environmentalist response;

Why are coal miners well paid?

I wonder if former NDP premier Dan Miller sees the irony in his comments about teachers in his op-ed on Sunday.

He suggests they have no right to ask for salary increases of 13 per cent while at the same time pushing for studies into coal shipments and health. He suggests that taxation on coal shipments will help pay their salaries. He then notes that coal companies pay average wages estimated in 2011 of $95,000 per year.

Of course, teachers make nowhere near that kind of money. (Salary in Nechako is 73 + 18 in benefits = $91,000 Editor Money Talks) Is it not the role of such educated professionals to suggest we research anything that may be harmful to the health of students, or our planet?

I wonder if the $95,000 a year coal industry worker would last a day in one of today’s classrooms?

Why is it okay for coal miners to earn such vast sums and for B.C. teachers to be paid so much less than teachers in other parts of Canada?

Mavis Lowry, Vancouver

Words of wisdom

Posted by Carolyn Bigda - Kiplinger via Money Talks Editor

on Tuesday, 3 June 2014 13:01

2946186-stick-figure-or-man-with-arms-up-holding-trophy--vectorWith sound advice like this, it pays to read. 

From a new crop of commencement speeches this author has  compiled some of the best lessons from 2014’s college graduation speeches as well as those of years past.

Covering every goal from starting a business through saving for retirement, these speakers generate inspiring and valuable tips that apply to your immediate situation. Most will be grateful for them 40 years from now. 

in keeping with Michael’s goal of bringing financial lessons into the classroam early when they wll have the most powerfull effect. Each of the 18 speakers in “Graduation advice from Kiplinger” is preceded by a short, powerful quotation from their speech. #6 is my favorite – #9 is Charlie Munger of Berkshire Hathaway – Editor Money Talks

 

 

Government Has To Do Something They Scream

Posted by michael Campbell

on Monday, 2 June 2014 16:02

According to a new study everybody is getting fat, including children worldwide. Before we get Government to do something else shouldn’t we first analyse its success so far? The millions spent on advertising, broadcasting & written in the last 10 years pushing good nutrition & exercise. Regulations listing fat content, taxes on unhealthy food…. 

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In something that is becoming far too familiar, this example of Bureaucracy gone wild is just so bizarre it will shock you.

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Here is a news report about the Couple that was cited for feeding the homeless in Daytona Beach.

The news report:

Couple cited for homeless feedings in Daytona Beach

Recently, Daytona Beach police put a halt to the feedings by citing the couple with illegally feeding a crowd.

Debbie Jiminez said they have been feeding the homeless for at least a year and until now they’re never received a ticket or warning. But Police Chief Mike Chitwood told Eyewitness News that’s not the case.

“We’ve always enforced it. This got so big, it was posted on YouTube, it was really brought to our attention that, hey, things are really out of control on Manatee Island,” Chitwood said.

The city recently hired a consultant to analyze the homelessness issue and leaders are preparing to set up a possible transitional housing center near the county jail. The consultant told officials that feeding the homeless only adds to the problems, but Chico Jiminez and Debbie Jiminez feel they’re making things better.

“Most of them, they’re out there because they lost their jobs, lost their families and they’re out there homeless and they need help,” Chico Jiminez said.

 

 

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