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Originally Posted by Azure
Gotta think you have to cut entitlements for the boomers. Focus more on these in actual need, and getting them into the working class. There should also be new ways to generate tax revenue. Marijuana for one should be legalized and taxed. We need a carbon tax, possibly a sugar tax as well. Cut off subsidies, fix out of control healthcare spending. There are lots of options to look at.
Of course we are talking about none of them.
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One word of caution, generating tax revenue doesn't solve the problem. That's almost like saying, hey, I outspend my monthly budget, but that's okay cause I'll just call mom and dad and they'll give me more money! Sure, they aren't (always) going to come clawing it back like the bank, but if you do it enough, you're going weaken their ability to be financially independent and subsequently you're screwed too.
You need to stretch the value of the dollar. Instead of filling out 100 sheets of paper and talking to 20 clerks to get a new drivers license since you lost your old one, it should be one sheet and one clerk (extreme example for dramatic effect).
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The Ontario public service is incredibly bloated, I think I read somewhere that about 20% of the jobs in Ontario is in public service.
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Is there really anything wrong with a large public sector? I'm not a communist, and I love entrepreneurship, but so long as you're balancing the books at the end of the year, does it matter if someone works for a private company (where the boss takes home the dividends (or investors)) or the government (where the investors are everyone)?