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So either corporate doesn't want to hire; it looks good in the financials that there's less spend on employees. Or the 3rd party hr gets paid per person I interviewed so it's not in their interests to actually land a person at the job - that would only stop them being able to charge for interviews for the position. Either way, it's a massive fuck up and will destroy the company.

Well it's hard to find them when they're off. They don't have to be big. But when they're on, they light up like beacons.

Are we talking regular parking spots, or Costco parking spots? And what kind of chocolate bars?

Just pretend that if you don't get shit done, you will flunk school, get fired and eventually your family will give up on you and you'll be on the streets.

Well ok, but don't forget about Hawaiian pizza.

There are reports that most of the damage was actually done by anti-drone missiles. Might be bs. But pretty funny if so.

No - I think we should do things. But we do need to keep things going while we transition. Yes things are bad and clearly a conservative banker is not going to be very progressive. But I just think you might be missing how bad things are for Canada with its biggest trading partner fucking it over. And what that means to Canadians unless drastic measures. Things are crappy now but they really can get a lot worse if we're not careful .

I'll get the marshmallows!

Ok, you've convinced me - you and your ilk are fucking morons and it's way to dangerous to let you make any changes.

Hey, maybe I'm one of those ultra rich who benifits from this! I'm not, and I agree with you. But a lot of what gets built isn't just for development's sake. We actually benefit from a healthy economy; without it things would be much worse. There should be more regulation and taxes on the wealthy; but it's a tricky balance with lots of moving parts and complicated interactions.

Of course it is. It's indirect, but people still vote party.

What's on fire?

I agree we need to tax the rich more. But where do think that money sits? It's not in a checking account. It's in shares of companies and other investments. If the rich are forced to pay billions in tax, they have to pull money out of those things and that causes real operational reductions - ie layoffs and less productivity- and that means less product available to consumers - and so prices rise. It's a complex interplay of issues and not really as simple as just 'tax the rich'. Not saying we shouldn't, but we have to do it carefully. Oil and gas subsidies are pretty short sighted, it seems, but why do you think it's done? It's to get international investment and productivity higher so people have jobs, we can buy things that we need from other countries and have produced resources for ourselves.

The problem is that we simply can't throw our economy away. It would lead to disaster even quicker.

Well if we're so bad, maybe it's good that we go extinct?
The economy just is a part of society and is the way we organize resources. The way our capitalist society works, money naturally keeps moving upwards and screwing the poor - it needs strong regulation to work in a way that is beneficial for most people. Canada is better than the U.S. there. But there are realities that require society (and the economy) to continue to operate in such a way that allows the country to provide for its citizens. If the economy burns and society collapses, which you seem to want, then there will not be resources available to support the people. And any semblance of regulation that keeps lawful order and social safety nets will fail. And at that point likely some group will take over and then do whatever they want - without any regulation. So probably worse for the ecosystem.

Canadian banks seem to keep money safe. Not sure how your analogy applies.

Seems to me like it's demonstrating the projection of a complex three dimensional shape which produces a simple pattern on a two dimensional plane.

Both things can be true.
One step at a time.

But Harris had an annoying laugh, I'm glad I didn't bother to vote. (/s)