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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I've always had a problem chasing perpetual growth for the sake of growth(and GDP). My hope is kinda that as automation helps reduce the need for workers we can get the GDP without adding more people(and more problems and cost). To get there though, we really need to target training and education to what is needed and I think we do a really poor job of that. We have so many holes in the trades that really shouldn't exist with planning. Same with doctors and nurses. Yet we have a surplus of naturopaths, life coaches, and social media influencers, and that shouldn't happen with proper planning.
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I agree with your better planning with regard to training and education, however I think the greater importance is to have a system that encourages both domestic and foreign investment, in order to develop and supply our resources to the rest of the world. This would add to our tax base and help us afford the services we have come to expect. Too much Government interference in the form of over regulation and taxation is not the way to go.
I think you have to have a growing economy to support the increase in population. Relying on technology to solve the problem may help to a degree in the long run, but I can't see this happening soon enough to make a difference.
As for immigration, I think it should be targeted to a large degree to serve our particular needs, although our needs cover almost every segment of the
economy.
I think our PM ,and those surrounding him, are too hung up on ideology, are in over their head, and are leaving our country in a poor state.