Learning Stories
by
Mario deSantis
mariodesantis@hotmail.com
“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960
“The whole judicial system is at issue, it's worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown Prosecutor, 1991
“The system is not more worth than one person's rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002
Ensign Stories © Mario deSantis and Ensign
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It was not long ago that I wrote about the bothersome conditions of the American economy and I have been incessantly emphasizing the need to think for ourselves rather than follow the demagogic advices of the experts. We have Canadian tax expert Walter Robinson who never gets tired to preach economic growth by cutting taxes. Robinson has recently written
Robinson wants Canadians to copycat the tax cuts policies of the Americans so that the privatization of our government can wage pre-emptive wars along with the Americans. Mr. Robinson doesn't understand that economic growth is not disassociated from our social and cultural growth, and Mr. Robinson doesn't understand that the present world wide terrorism and economic downturn are partially rooted in the American 'aggressive' Free Market forces. Robinson doesn't understand that the Bush tax cuts have been financed by the increase of trillions of dollars in the federal debt. A few days ago I received an e-mail originating from Kevin McIntyre, contributor of Ensign, and I became more aware of the dire financial conditions of the state of California. California has today a US$38 billion deficit while only three years ago this same state had a US$9 billion budget surplus. This unprecedented fiscal crisis has derived from the recent crash in the stock market, from the free marketing of energy by the Enron corporations of America, and indirectly from the policies of the Bush administration. All the other American states are wrestling with the thoughts of either increasing taxes or reducing services in education and health. The employment of people must become the first priority of our social economic policies. But this is not the case with the Bush administration which is spending more money on the technology of new Weapons of Mass Destruction while America is experiencing higher unemployment and lower total employment. Hello Mr. Robinson. References Pertinent articles published in Ensign deSantis, Mario America is experiencing a big economic bubble ready to deflate: The Free Market competition for grabbing scarcer resources June 26, 2003 Ensign http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2003_800/desantis808/USeconomy.html Robinson, Walter A week of taxing news for working stiffs July 3, 2003 Canadian Taxpayers Federation http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/editorials/LTE/robinson_CTF/robinsonlist/robinson058/workingstiff.html Sappenfield, Mark As budget deadlines for 46 states arrive, officials beg, borrow, and repeal to fill gaps (PDF) July 1, 2003 The Christian Science Monitor http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2003_800/desantis811/CSmonitorStates.pdf Sanchez, Rene Calif. Near Financial Disaster. Hours Remain to Solve $38 Billion Shortfall (PDF) June 30, 2003 Washington Post http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2003_800/desantis811/CaliforniadisasterWP.pdf Scheer, Robert Blame Bush in State Fiscal Crisis (PDF) July 1, 2003 Los Angeles Times http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/2003_800/desantis811/blameBushLAtimes.pdf BBC News US plans hypersonic bomber July 1, 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3035332.stm |
