tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post5645989381189994734..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Quebec Budget Ignores RealityEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-24894096115225722142010-05-03T16:26:14.633-04:002010-05-03T16:26:14.633-04:00I was born in Quebec and have moved south of the b...I was born in Quebec and have moved south of the border: Quebec taxes, filthy hospitals, inefficient education system and poor treatment of anglos and immigrants as well as the constant threat of separation...have forced us out. My biggest regret is that I didn't leave right after university like the rest of my classmates. The average quebecois does not even realize that the rest of Canada is feeding him. Time to draw the purse strings shut and que sera, sera. If quebecers aimed for mediocrity it would be a vast improvement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-45710952507707468422010-04-08T09:03:49.856-04:002010-04-08T09:03:49.856-04:00And you know what? If, God forbids, Quebec economy...And you know what? If, God forbids, Quebec economy collapses, they will look to the contemptuous, discriminative, arrogant Canada to bail them up. Hey, it must be Canada's responsibility right? Quebec would never have the deficit should it was not part of Canada.Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-25708144849036871082010-04-07T22:55:20.770-04:002010-04-07T22:55:20.770-04:00I wonder how much of this is explained by Francoph...I wonder how much of this is explained by Francophone culture. As Peter Brimelow has noted, since the quiet revolution, the Quebec state with its huge and all-powerful bureacracy has replaced the Catholic church as the main symbol and source of Francophone identity and authority. France itself also has an enormous state-government. One must question WHY the rest of Canada should give Quebec 8.5 billion dollars every year. These "equalization" programs tend to cement unequal economic outcomes and inhibit labour mobility. Canada might be better off without Quebec.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-40119080005511760312010-04-07T18:59:10.147-04:002010-04-07T18:59:10.147-04:00Three things that should have been cut big time th...Three things that should have been cut big time that weren't: welfare, corporate welfare and cultural welfare.<br /><br />Now people will contemplate a possibility in Québec: sell your car, move to the Plateau, get on welfare and play tam tam and the guitar in order to become an artist...Tym_Machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815495714187962909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-82418370569965759712010-04-07T18:19:49.716-04:002010-04-07T18:19:49.716-04:00In Quebec, you have 2 expenses you will virtually ...In Quebec, you have 2 expenses you will virtually never have in other provinces: Language expenses and cultural subsidies. <br /><br />regards,<br /><br />TMTym_Machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815495714187962909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-33286802418270619872010-04-07T09:15:58.235-04:002010-04-07T09:15:58.235-04:00Nothing will change unless there is a will to make...Nothing will change unless there is a will to make substantial cutbacks and we Quebeckers realize that the cupboard is bare. It's ok to increase taxes as long as someone else pays and it's ok to cut spending as long as it only affects someone else - as long as I have my $7 a day daycare and in-vitro fertilization paid by the state, who cares?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com