Category Archives: Finances

Consider, Finances, Reality, The Economy, The James Commentary

A Financial/Economic Analysis of the Realities of BC and the Federal Government

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This Beast runs just short of 11,000 words in length.

It was written 18 months ago to help organize my thoughts on the state of BC’s [and Canada’s] finances and the effect the Reality of those finances has, is having and will have on ability of governments to deliver services to citizens.

It has been sitting in my computer waiting for me to edit it – reformat it into shorter easier to read portions [the content has been edited]. After 18 months believing this editing will happen soon would be delusional on my part.

Events, politics, the behaviours of politicians and voters, the failure of the media and pundits to recognize [or if recognized, refusal to address] the Reality of finances and the economy make it clear there is widespread [almost total] failure to understand the actual state government finances and what the consequences of that Reality have been, are and will have.

So as an example of acknowledging reality – The Beast will not be reformated anytime soon – here is The Beast  – as is 

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Finances, Life, Reality, The James Ratherish Per Diem Chronicles

Disaster Poised Like a Tsunami Part I of II

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Owie.

Wherein the Universe launches its’ latest assault upon The James, seeking to silence another polymath dedicated to disciplined non-conformity and creative maladjustment.

The assault began with a deceptively simple knock on the door which opened to revealed a layer’s minion who served the papers for a civil lawsuit.

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Federal, Finances, Politics, Reality, The Economy

Federal Election – Harper and the Conservatives Part IV of V

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As noted earlier – in thinking about the state of Canada’s finances and the economy, it became clear that as difficult as I found it to comprehend it was possible, even likely, that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in fact see themselves as doing a good job – telling themselves that Canada’s finances and economy would be in much worse shape under any other party’s management.

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Federal, Finances, The Economy

Federal Election – Harper and the Conservatives Part III of V

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Unfortunately Stephen Harper is not without cause for the disdain* he shows for Canadian voters every time he stands there and claims that he and the Conservatives are good managers of Canada’s finances and economy.

1 Disdain assumes that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are aware of their extremely poor performance as managers of Canada’s finances and economy. I have to acknowledge a personal bias that caused me to assume that anyone who brought about the state Canada’s debt, finances and economy are in, would HAVE TO BE aware of the bad job they had done. In writing [thus thinking] about Stephen Harper and the Conservatives it has become clear that there is the distinct possibility that they are totally unaware of the reality of their performance and in fact see themselves as doing a good job.

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