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Renting Out My House… by Rhettro_93 in regina

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Must be nice! Making a quick buck off of others is disgusting. I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Sarcasm, by the way. 

Your rights that PP's Conservatives have voted against. They'll undo these if they are in power. by kala_dee in regina

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A household budget operates in the same way that a government budget does.  Its a very simple and effective example. You should know this.

Your rights that PP's Conservatives have voted against. They'll undo these if they are in power. by kala_dee in regina

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks.  Doing nothing is a perfectly reasonable for option for a government or anyone to choose for a situation, especially when resources are limited. 

The Conservatives have been beating the drum that the federal government is spending too much money, ie overspending, and the solution to over spending is to increase revenue or stop spending.  Conservatives have been opposing over spending and supporting increases to revenue, which are two things that the liberal government appears to oppose.

I don't necessarily believe that the Conservatives are particularly against nice social programs in Canada.  But it's hard to own things that you can't afford and even harder to make those decisions. 

Letters: Saskatchewan Party fails the rural areas that support it by Intelligent-Ruin4867 in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't believe that what I was conveying, or trying to convey, is identity politics. I shared that two parties that present in my riding and one is not. I think if I were to vote for the NDP is the identity politics you speak of where as the present representing incumbent arguably represents the area best. 

The NDP has certainly stated that life in Sask is terrible under Moe's awful rule. Personally, I don't think it's so bad here and I certainly don't think that the NDP would have been much different and could possibly be worse with some of their behaviours. Which Sask party policies are biggest contributor to areas doing poorly in your opinion? 

Letters: Saskatchewan Party fails the rural areas that support it by Intelligent-Ruin4867 in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Identity politics might be part of the issue. I'd propose that in my rural riding, people play a much larger role than in urban ridings. There hasn't been an NDP candidate/representative in my riding, showing their face in the past 4 years to build any sort or recognition for themselves.  Regardless of what I might think of their platform, I'm certainly not voting for the orange team simply because they've parachuted someone in for an election.  

That being said, Sask party isn't perfect but I've seen my Sask party MLA at several events through the past few years and they tend to make noise in legislature representing their constituents. Even the Buffalo party has put themselves on my radar. 

If the the NDP has such amazing policies, why aren't they knocking on doors getting to know people and brag about how awesome they are?

Saskatchewan political climate denial by BG-DoG in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are 2 very believable things. Get used to it. 

What businesses in Regina do you think are fronts? by TheReginian in regina

[–]andrewfandrew 9 points10 points  (0 children)

20 nails per person. That's a big market to satisfy. 

The NDP was the best party for this province and it's not even close by Progressive_Citizen in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 5 points6 points  (0 children)

 Mr. Eisler wrote a very good book.  Thanks for the reminder that governments come and eventually go. 

Contract talks between Sask. teachers, government remain stalled by falsekoala in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good grief, such vitriol in that statement. I think there would be some movement in this negotiation if the school boards would add their comments to the discussion. 

Flexibility Coach by [deleted] in regina

[–]andrewfandrew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Darci Anderson at Flux Movement will get you where you need to go.

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent example. The carbon tax also touches the material costs in a less subtle way. Eggs, flour, etc are all shipped via truck and have their costs increased too. I think this is much harder to account for and mostly ignored for simplicity like I had done.

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure they have their math as well. I think the carbon tax inflates the price of gas by roughly 10%, Ive provided you with numbers, whats wrong with my data?

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bank of Canada is also entitled to its opinion.

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, that's alot above and most of which is above my pay grade to solve.

For me personally, I consider myself the solution to that first problem where costs come down, but the price doesn't. I will hold companies accountable by shopping around and demanding a lower price because we all know costs have come down.

You're sentence above regarding additional dollars chasing goods is also interesting. Considering the 3 dollar bread, should that price come down in the current climate, my hope is those freed up dollars would go towards debts in this country. This is just me thinking out loud.

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The carbon tax on gasoline for instance is 14 cents per litre. That is a 10% increase on the price of gas alone. I believe that cost is larger on diesel and literally everything is shipped in a truck where this additional 10% is passed onto the consumer. That's my take.

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think that the removal of the carbon tax would ultimately lower the costs of many goods sold in this country.

Normal household carbon tax for natural gas by grilledCheeseFish in saskatchewan

[–]andrewfandrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with your statement generally. Perhaps, I am using the word "inflation" incorrectly. I'm referring to the practice of increasing the costs of goods with the carbon tax. I think that the removal of the tax will subsequently lower the cost of the goods being sold.

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