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Originally Posted by MattyC
I find this to be an interesting position when the people who benefited the absolute most from good times would rather lay people off, take their tax money and leave the province or country, than "share the burden" of the poor times, and no one really says boo about it, and blames government policies for driving them away rather than pointing to their own personal greed.
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Given the NDP government told these people to get out, you can't really be surprised.
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I have no problem with public sector salaries and benefits seeing a roll-back, as long as private industry is willing to make similar sacrifices for the betterment of the area which has given them the resources and ability to build personal fortunes and multi-billion dollar businesses.
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Yeah, I'm taking about a 12% haircut this year because of the economy. And I'm *lucky* because I still have a stable and safe job. Private industry is looking at mountains of red ink and adjusting. The government needs to as well.