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Thread #59418 Message #3734284
Posted By: gnu
30-Aug-15 - 07:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Again at the bottom of the page? WTF is going on?
Coalition for Seniors (nb.ca) Some pissed off old git posted...
Research P3s. They have cost Ontario billions of dollars. They cost us big time right now. They always cost more and you get less. Simple example : If you can own your own home rather than paying rent, it costs less.
P3s just make money for someone other than taxpayers... EVERY TIME.
Why do governments want P3s for schools and nursing homes and hospitals and highways and water/sewer... the list goes on...? Well, they are abdicating direct responsibility for running public infrastructure as well as trying to play with the books to make themselves look good. They are saying that no NBers are smart enough to run our public infrastructure... really? Remember when they told us Jean Charest could run NB Power better than we could? They tried to sell NB Power to Quebec??? Now they want to sell everything to P3s?
I think something has already been sold. Our politicians.
Just one more thought. Close schools and build a downtown hockey rink in Moncton? The job of our three levels of governments is to manage and tax land use... NOT to be in business. If Mayor George wants a hockey rink, he should go to a bank and borrow the money to do so on his own dime... and pay taxes on the land he buys rather than expecting taxpayers to be on the hook for his pipe dream. It's about time these politicians learned that, if they want to be in business, they should get into business... ON THEIR OWN.
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What a cranky old git!