tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post2912796617014846262..comments2024-03-29T10:02:52.586-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATED: You Get What You Pay ForLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-5219864655652554242018-01-08T15:23:23.032-05:002018-01-08T15:23:23.032-05:00Probably one of the best illustrations of your poi...Probably one of the best illustrations of your point is to be found in the prosperous province of Ontario. The fact that 'replacement workers,' i.e. scabs, are permitted during strikes is something that seems to offend no politician, regardless of his or her party affiliation. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19469410068586706122018-01-08T14:38:32.018-05:002018-01-08T14:38:32.018-05:00We have come to believe that neoliberalism has ren...We have come to believe that neoliberalism has rendered obsolete the need to balance labour and capital, public interest and private interest, in order to have a healthy society and a healthy economy. One does not exist in isolation of the other except in countries that none of us would wish on anyone. When commercial forces, the private sector, become unduly dominant there's not enough oxygen left to sustain democracy. This hard truth today's woefully diminished political caste cannot seem to grasp. From the beginning of the Harper era, even before that, the matter of labour became principally a function of "back to work" strike breaking. It was a shameless effort to break labour on the wheel of corporatism, a precondition to the maintenance of a corporatist state that is Canada of the 21st century. It is in his fealty to corporatism that we may glimpse the real face of Justin Trudeau.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-67049373239094543272018-01-08T12:50:48.631-05:002018-01-08T12:50:48.631-05:00It would seem that many titans of business have ye...It would seem that many titans of business have yet to discover that truth, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-81527895064923145292018-01-08T12:49:12.823-05:002018-01-08T12:49:12.823-05:00Henry ford realized a century ago, Lorne, that if ...Henry ford realized a century ago, Lorne, that if you want your employess to buy your product or service, you have to pay them enough to do so.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com