Did you see PM Harper's speech coverage last night.

[groundspeed]

If they need to cut on pensions, set an example and cut political pensions to.

[bucket]

What do you mean cut them, how about eliminate politician pensions.

Eight years and they get a pension plus a tax free salary during that time.

Name one job that after paying taxes for eight years you get a gold plated pensions plan????????

[TOM4CWB]

Bucket... 'Public service' jobs have VERY good benefits... of this there can be no doubt. Our 'Service' jobs are now 25-35 percent of the economy (depending on who is included)? Muni/Prov/Fed... Utilities...healthcare... mandatory transport services... education... telecom... the 'public' sevants are vast and very well paid...
They encourage politicians to be dippers in the sensual pension waters.

New lawyers and sales of Carbon Credits, Environmental goods and services... banking... insurance... there is soooo much sensual work for folks who can latch into this vast gravy train. Politicians are the least of the real concern... it is the entitlements they dole out that should be of grave concern... especially here in Alberta!!! Where are we at? 20 percent of the population must provide the productivity to pay 80 percent of those who vote to extract resourses from those 20 percent who MUST produce the prosperity for everyone.

[cottonpicken]

i might end up eating crow on harper

looks like somebody found out what an
unfunded liability is

hard concept for people to except that
eventually one hundred percent of
corporate and personal incomes will be
needed to fund our welfare state