Category Archives: The Economy

Consider, Finances, Reality, The Economy, The James Commentary

A Financial/Economic Analysis of the Realities of BC and the Federal Government

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This Beast runs just short of 11,000 words in length.

It was written 18 months ago to help organize my thoughts on the state of BC’s [and Canada’s] finances and the effect the Reality of those finances has, is having and will have on ability of governments to deliver services to citizens.

It has been sitting in my computer waiting for me to edit it – reformat it into shorter easier to read portions [the content has been edited]. After 18 months believing this editing will happen soon would be delusional on my part.

Events, politics, the behaviours of politicians and voters, the failure of the media and pundits to recognize [or if recognized, refusal to address] the Reality of finances and the economy make it clear there is widespread [almost total] failure to understand the actual state government finances and what the consequences of that Reality have been, are and will have.

So as an example of acknowledging reality – The Beast will not be reformated anytime soon – here is The Beast  – as is 

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Federal, Media, Politics, Reality, The Economy, The Issues

Reality VS. Perception – Genesis: The Justin Papers 001

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When the results of Canada’s 2015 federal election were in and it was clear that Canadian voters had given the Liberal Party a substantial majority thereby choosing Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister [since voters re-elected MP Trudeau] I began composing a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to express my concerns about the divergence between Reality as it Exists and Reality as perceived by politicians, pundits, specific interest groups and presented to Canadians by the media as the Truth without any true diversity of thought, challenge, examination or analysis..

Reality does not care what your ideology says is true, what you believe is true or what you want to be true; Reality does not care what we think, it exists separately from us and simply is what it is.                   Tao of James

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Consider, Federal, Hmmm, Life, Politics, Provincial, Reality, The Economy, Thoughts

Day 6

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It is the fourth revolution on its axis of our planet on our planet’s recently begun new journey around our sun. The sixth day of the new year.

In truth the New Year should be tied to the Winter Solstice since the solstice is the point in time that our planets solar dance turns from the deepening sleep of winter towards the awakening and rebirth of Spring as the minutes of daylight stop decreasing and begin to increase.

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Federal, Finances, Politics, Reality, The Economy

Federal Election – Harper and the Conservatives Part IV of V

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As noted earlier – in thinking about the state of Canada’s finances and the economy, it became clear that as difficult as I found it to comprehend it was possible, even likely, that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in fact see themselves as doing a good job – telling themselves that Canada’s finances and economy would be in much worse shape under any other party’s management.

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