Quote of the Day: “I think that nothing is so important for freedom as recognizing in the law each individual’s natural right to property, and giving individuals a sense that they own something that they’re responsible for, that they have control over, and that they can dispose of.” Milton Friedman
On Page A3 today, Liz Monteiro reports that the Region of Waterloo staff wants to give the K-W Symphony and the TheMuseum a total of $385,000 from taxpayers. And why, you ask? The Region’s Director of Cultural Services Helen Chimirri-Russell says that the last few years were “…a challenging time for cultural organizations who faced multiple closures and restrictions on audience members”. What she didn’t say is that the public isn’t interested in buying what the Symphony and the TheMuseum are selling. I have two suggestions: 1) save taxpayers the $385,000. 2) fire Chimirri-Russell and save taxpayers $160,846 (from the Sunshine List).
Yesterday, we had Susan Delacourt sing the praises of Trudeau’s massive deficit budget. Today, I see it’s Thomas Walkom’s turn. He tells us that: “…as the Liberal budget this week demonstrates, [Trudeau} is willing to run deficits forever if he can come up with a plausible reason for doing so. Some call this reckless. I find it rather charming.” Walkom uses the word “charming” to describe the bloated disaster. He tells us that Trudeau: “He made a half-hearted promise to balance the books during his first term in office. But it was obvious that he didn’t mean it.” In other words, Walkom tells us that Trudeau lied. I guess this is also this “charming”. Pathetic.