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mcvey@mpr.ca (Iain McVey) writes:
>
>When people gripe about this NDP government, they usually do not realize
>that they are actually griping about the government actually being
>honest and fiscally responsible.  Not that I support or don't support
>the government, but I think it important to realize, that our
>'socialist' government seems to be attack fiscal matters in a most
>business-like fashion.

I would disagree, at least to some extent, due to the fact that the NDP
government mandated a minimum wage that construction companies working on
government contracts must pay to their carpenters, etc (I believe it is in
excess of $20/hour). This move has been characterized by some as a payback
to the Building Trades Union for the support that it has given the NDP in
the past. This action is in stark contrast to the manner in which the
government has dealt with the doctors.

Personally, as a taxpayer, I am not terribly pleased with what the NDP did
for this union as it means that more of my tax money is going into the
pockets of workers who were reasonably paid to begin with, and less of my
money is going into health and education where it is needed.
-- 
Jim Robinson
robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com
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