tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post3920397427727193525..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: This Day In Clarkland...How To Take The Boom And The Bust Out Of Gov't Revenues.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-19861268929165862452016-02-20T08:09:00.878-08:002016-02-20T08:09:00.878-08:00Always lurking, Ross......with little to add than ...Always lurking, Ross......with little to add than snide remarks!Lenin's Ghostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-59006302247858241572016-02-18T08:52:10.074-08:002016-02-18T08:52:10.074-08:00LG!!!
.LG!!!<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81483530471938191842016-02-18T08:02:06.727-08:002016-02-18T08:02:06.727-08:00Hmmm....prosperity fund (cough, cough)- that will ...Hmmm....prosperity fund (cough, cough)- that will need many her hangers-on/unemployable relatives to administer with golden parachute contractsLenin's Ghostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-70927392344089991292016-02-17T21:28:05.226-08:002016-02-17T21:28:05.226-08:00Thanks DH--
I agree that there are some half meas...Thanks DH--<br /><br />I agree that there are some half measures there but I see that purely as deflector spin fodder.<br /><br />Regardless, given that it would, as you rightly point out, not be 'hard' (despite what the Premier keeps saying), why will the Clarklandians not use the income tax as the instrument to raise the required funds?<br /><br />My take...<br /><br />Reason #1 - then it would be called a tax which would blow the ideology (and anger their monied supporters, both individual and corporate)<br /><br />Reason #2 - income tax is still relatively progressive which means that those who can afford to pay more really would have to.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-15230215927094102932016-02-17T18:51:35.010-08:002016-02-17T18:51:35.010-08:00MSP BC management outsourced to the tune of 150 m ...MSP BC management outsourced to the tune of 150 m a year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-77619869561170673732016-02-17T18:01:01.921-08:002016-02-17T18:01:01.921-08:00Well, like so much this government does, it has po...Well, like so much this government does, it has positive aspects ... BUT. <br /><br />They increase the income levels at which a person or family qualifies for premium assistance, which is good, and put in a low-income means test for the application of MSP premium increases, which is also good ... BUT ...<br /><br />They dismiss out of hand the idea of raising the funds for our public health care from general revenue - that is, from income tax, for which there's an efficient system already in place, and instead choose to make the inefficient MSP collection system even more complex. In doing so they refer to the fact that public health costs are funded out of general taxation in "some" other jurisdictions. "some" = "all"<br /><br />Can't say I much like this government's choices, but "we" voted for them! <br /><br />D.H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-66171745925599202212016-02-17T14:42:51.920-08:002016-02-17T14:42:51.920-08:00JMcD--
That 'article' in that 'journa...JMcD--<br /><br />That 'article' in that 'journal' is pretty infamous amongst science geeks.<br /><br />_____<br /><br />Anon-Above--<br /><br />Longtime reader Lew had the lowdown on that 'contract' in the comment threads yesterday<a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7229885&postID=4439917210375693483&isPopup=true" rel="nofollow">....Here.</a>RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-30757953688120903252016-02-17T13:21:52.051-08:002016-02-17T13:21:52.051-08:00MSP management outsourced for 150 million taxpayer...MSP management outsourced for 150 million taxpayer dollars every year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-9982390545056356932016-02-17T11:58:12.314-08:002016-02-17T11:58:12.314-08:00Perhaps we should have everyone to read this missi...Perhaps we should have everyone to read this missive on "journalism". Pretty much sums up the validity of the MSM "political" repeaters (not reporters) that we are saddled with in BC and everywhere else. They will publish or say anything.<br />Case in point the Keefer's Global interview on the budget. All that was missing where the pom-poms.<br /><br />http://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scamJ MacDuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-13751058271101565642016-02-17T11:41:16.081-08:002016-02-17T11:41:16.081-08:00Looking forward to your piece Paul.
Re: Good v. b...Looking forward to your piece Paul.<br /><br />Re: Good v. bad thing of taxation...The main issue for me is progressive vs. recessive. My view of the MSP business is that it is regressive in the extreme.<br /><br />Even with yesterday's fiddling by BCL gov't you can really see that regression illustrated in <a href="https://twitter.com/trevortombe/status/699726380276305920" rel="nofollow">Prof. Tombe's redrawn graph that includes the MSP premiums (note, in particular, what happens to the lower income levels end of the graph).</a><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-21894254789938418692016-02-17T11:17:15.750-08:002016-02-17T11:17:15.750-08:00Thanks, I´m going to write more about this for The...Thanks, I´m going to write more about this for The Tyee in a day or two. Part of the challenge is not getting sucked into the construct that holds lower taxes are automatically a good thing.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.com