tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7866895597233842783..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Canada's Fearless Tax WarriorLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-60167467803608487042014-11-24T08:51:33.462-05:002014-11-24T08:51:33.462-05:00As Nathan Cullen said, Tim, ideology has supplante...As Nathan Cullen said, Tim, ideology has supplanted objective analysis as the main basis of decision-making with this regime.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-29337892967137076172014-11-24T08:36:40.002-05:002014-11-24T08:36:40.002-05:00This is as if all the pretension they had clung to...This is as if all the pretension they had clung to about being fact-based and objective was tossed aside. I am flabbergasted that the government would be so brazen as to take policy, without fact-checking it, from a lobby group and make it law. This is insane. Though as Mr. Cullen says, it would be nice if they took the same advice from anti-poverty groups. Perhaps this can set a precedent for future governments? Though it's one I wish was not set.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-13888791920322354122014-11-23T10:51:06.867-05:002014-11-23T10:51:06.867-05:00As with all varieties of fanaticism, Owen, this co...As with all varieties of fanaticism, Owen, this conviction is one to be deeply wary of.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-81680204541036476852014-11-23T10:39:52.726-05:002014-11-23T10:39:52.726-05:00They truly believe that their mission is to make a...They truly believe that their mission is to make all government disappear, Lorne. When they are unbound, they say, the world will come to perfection.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com