David Long

engineer with heart; numbers nerd; old jock; family man; Give me good policy, not just good politics

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@IvisonJ It is time to get on with business now that we have some momentum. An election would sour both that momentum and sour the electorate against the Liberals.

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@Jindo_1307979 15118

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@acoyne Well orchestrated

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@raghu_venugopal @USAmbCanada “The Ugly American” was published in 1958. He is still using the same playbook 70 years later.

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@SonofManwithus So who cares?

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@Brick_Suit 290, my ass

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@daleethompson Their mothers must be proud

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@GuntherEagleman Blah! Blah! Blah! Mr Trump burped and farted again something supposedly newsworthy and his faithful followers amplified it. Big news! Really big news!

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@kinsellawarren It was a slow news day; Trump had to think of something to give Fox News and this is all he could come up with. Maybe next week he will come up with something significant.

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@DrNeilStone ✋

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@andrew_leach Does Alberta All Industries include Oil and Gas?

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@theJagmeetSingh Thank you for your service.

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@MarkJCarney Don’t mind the increase for low income seniors, but it is time to stop paying OAS to seniors who have income over 80k per year.

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@Smil3yAngel I believe Wayne is a nice guy that just happened to be used and manipulated by Trump. Cut him some slack.

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@cspotweet I like the idea of additional funding, but think they should wind down CBC tv and focus on CBC Gem and CBC radio

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Good Policy / Bad Politics (con't)
GST: Increase the GST back to 7%; GST is the most efficient form of government taxation, the user pays
Income tax brackets: implement a new tax bracket for high income earners

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Question of the day: What are we willing to invest in to sustain Canada's independence and what are we willing to give up to sustain this investment? Some ideas below

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Good Policy / Bad Politics
OAS: Lower the clawback threshold from $148,179 to $75,000. A retiree who makes over $100K does not need OAS
Retirement Age: Harper had the right idea to increase retirement age to 67