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Originally Posted by RedHot25
Sorry, I don't get it?
So, me, the "lazy grad student with funding", and my wife "the lazy person with a grad degree working in the hospital here" moved here to be lazy sponges  ?
I know thats not exactly what you are saying, but I find it a bit silly.
An unfortunate reality for the maritimes is that a large portion of their revenue/budget depends upon that $$. You may claim dependency, just cut back on your expenses etc...but the scary part is if they did, there would be even less services here and/or they would be more expensive. For e.g., nova scotia has one of the highest (I think top 2 or 3) tuition in the country. Also, the prov gov't here has stated that they may have to cut back a lot if they get less transfer etc payments. You may say fine, so be it, cut back on expenses and unnecessary things. The thing is, though, that a lot of these things - hospital funding etc - are necessary.
Not saying that there is not lazy people out here, but there are also lazy people in Alberta as well. I'm originally from Alberta, and have lived down here for the past year or 2. |
Not, cut back on expenses, freakin move to where the jobs are. Clearly that region cannot support that population that is there. Rather than artifically prop up an entire region and subsideize everyones quality of life, just encourage everyone to move where the jobs are. Makes for a more productive country. Every economist on earth would tell you that is about as simple a concept as 1+1.