tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4271295399634142386..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Life's a Funny Old ThingThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-2317653551014497172015-11-10T12:13:25.341-08:002015-11-10T12:13:25.341-08:00eliminate....eliminate....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30764661834432112602015-11-10T12:09:50.671-08:002015-11-10T12:09:50.671-08:00Tell me Mound, based upon your blog and your comme...Tell me Mound, based upon your blog and your comment, are you willing to give up half your bank account to be used in the fight to element Environmental issues? Making money is where this all began in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-7888810824042769742015-11-10T11:27:36.143-08:002015-11-10T11:27:36.143-08:00Years ago, Pamela, I wrote an essay about the decl...Years ago, Pamela, I wrote an essay about the decline of posterity as a factor in government policy and planning and perhaps nowhere is that as great a problem as in our response to climate change. We, from our parents' generation to our children's, have created most of the problems that will beset our grandkids and the generations to follow them. Yet, due to our indifference (even contempt for) posterity, we spurn policies that accommodate the needs and interests of the future.<br /><br />It all ended about 30-years ago with the rise of neoliberalism and the demands for smaller government and ever lower taxes. We now act on the basis of "because we can" with scant regard to whether we should.<br /><br />Despite all that we vest in our government the exclusive power and resources that ought to be harnessed to meet these challenges. They prefer to use those assets for other purposes and we're generally content with that.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-62220728591999056672015-11-09T14:12:59.329-08:002015-11-09T14:12:59.329-08:00We allow our governments too much power,such as in...We allow our governments too much power,such as in climate change and trade deals. We need to have Canadians engaged in the decision making.what's with the bloody secrecy in signing these trade deals. It is Canadians who are going to be impacted, both in cost and loss of sovereignty.Our governments work for us. We need to start acting like the ones with the power instead of sitting back and waiting to see what our government will do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.com