$10 billion
$10,000,000,000
That's a lot of money when you think about it. That's about $300 for every Canadian, or $650 per taxpayer. Geez, I sure could use $650 right now. How about you? What would you spend it on? Or would you pay down some of your own debt, or invest it and make it grow? RRSP contribution would be nice. Then you write off some of your income against it and save even more money.
You see how this works now?
And $10 billion is THIS year's "surplus". From the Liberal government who told you last election there wasn't enough for tax cuts.
Well, simply put. Fuck 'em. It's my fucking money and I want it back right fucking now. And why are they calling it THEIR surplus, like they OWN the fucking money. Oh yeah, it's real hard to slave me into automatically taking money off of my paycheques to pay for their stupid programs that don't work; to use MY money to pay for buying votes; scandals galore, the list goes on.
Oh and people say, we should pay down the debt. Well, excuse me, I wasn't a fucking taxpayer when the debt got cranked up during the 70's and 80's, so why the fuck do I gotta wait around until I get my goddamn money back? Give it to me now so I can spend it at businesses which will create better jobs and more taxpayers. THEN you can use those extra taxpayers to pay down the fucking debt.
And it's not a gov't surplus. It's what they owe us this year ... at least! On top of all the bloody waste and mismanagement in the bureaucracy, as pointed out by our Auditor General every single year, there's probably another $20 billion (at least!) kicking around. Then there's the $40 billion EI surplus. Uh, hello? The gov't is obviously taking in way too much. But do we see a reduction on our ..er.. reductions? Fuck no. They think it's their money.
How much money does the fucking government need to not solve society's problems? Apparently, in a country of 33 million, they need $200 billion to figure it out.
Tax cuts now! Give the gov't less money and let them figure out how to reorganize themselves, because well, they keep taking more and more from you, and they don't give two shits how you have to adjust your life.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
Snak's Intermittent Movie Review - "The Five People You Meet In Heaven"
Directed by Lloyd Cramer, starring Jon Voight, who plays Eddie, and 83 year old WWII vet and likeable maintenance worker at Ruby Pier Amusement Park.
Based on the book by Mitch Albom, the movie is very long, but worth it. I don't want to give away any plot lines, but the title obviously indicates what the movie is really about. Jon Voight is an excellent actor and doesn't disappoint showing a range of emotions. You are taken through the life story of Eddie in his initiation into heaven where he is guided by 5 people in his life who have died. The movie seems a bit drawn at times, but as I said, totally worth it in the end. I mean, we are talking about viewing a man's entire life and how he has influenced so many people -- that we are all connected, that your actions and words affect your surroundings, which influence other people, and so on, so the length is understandable.
Interestingly, my friend wanted to see a war movie, and I wanted a religious one. This certainly had both. The longest scenes were Eddie's time as a soldier and P.O.W. and how it greatly affected his life from that point on. The 5 people he meets help him heal and forgive, pointing out that while we are on earth we do have a chance to do the same thing--to love and not to hate, to forgive and not to grudge, and to realize that we were all a "somebody".
The music score was perfect, never seemed intruding, and most of the scenes were beautiful, yet somewhat intentionally surreal, yet I don't think that was the desired effect, so a bit of a drawback. I grew weary of seeing the amusement park, and I wished it showed a few more scenes of children playing and laughing to give it more of that fun feel, but again, perhaps this annoying feeling was intentional, as you then truly sympathized with Eddie having worked there all his life.
While I kept watching, at certain milestone scenes I'd say, "Excellent movie", but it was the ending that really hit home. I mean, big time. I won't spoil it for you, the long wait, like I said, is totally worth it. I knew there was a reason to see this movie and confirmed a lot of things for me at my age and reflecting back on it over the last few years. What will be interesting is to see how it affects your life and what you learn from it. You do affect people positively or negatively everyday. Take your pick and find peace my friends, while there's still time.
Because of the high emotion ending, I can go from a 5 scale down, with the downsides being the movie's length, bad bluescreening, and some draggy moments...
Snaky gives "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", 4.23 fists out of 5. Keep water nearby to get the lumps out of your throat and watch it with a female, even if you are one.
And if I were to compare this movie to the predictable overhyped drivel of "The Notebook", "Five People" is a WAY better movie if you not only want some sappy love, but want and expect much more from a good feel-good story.
Based on the book by Mitch Albom, the movie is very long, but worth it. I don't want to give away any plot lines, but the title obviously indicates what the movie is really about. Jon Voight is an excellent actor and doesn't disappoint showing a range of emotions. You are taken through the life story of Eddie in his initiation into heaven where he is guided by 5 people in his life who have died. The movie seems a bit drawn at times, but as I said, totally worth it in the end. I mean, we are talking about viewing a man's entire life and how he has influenced so many people -- that we are all connected, that your actions and words affect your surroundings, which influence other people, and so on, so the length is understandable.
Interestingly, my friend wanted to see a war movie, and I wanted a religious one. This certainly had both. The longest scenes were Eddie's time as a soldier and P.O.W. and how it greatly affected his life from that point on. The 5 people he meets help him heal and forgive, pointing out that while we are on earth we do have a chance to do the same thing--to love and not to hate, to forgive and not to grudge, and to realize that we were all a "somebody".
The music score was perfect, never seemed intruding, and most of the scenes were beautiful, yet somewhat intentionally surreal, yet I don't think that was the desired effect, so a bit of a drawback. I grew weary of seeing the amusement park, and I wished it showed a few more scenes of children playing and laughing to give it more of that fun feel, but again, perhaps this annoying feeling was intentional, as you then truly sympathized with Eddie having worked there all his life.
While I kept watching, at certain milestone scenes I'd say, "Excellent movie", but it was the ending that really hit home. I mean, big time. I won't spoil it for you, the long wait, like I said, is totally worth it. I knew there was a reason to see this movie and confirmed a lot of things for me at my age and reflecting back on it over the last few years. What will be interesting is to see how it affects your life and what you learn from it. You do affect people positively or negatively everyday. Take your pick and find peace my friends, while there's still time.
Because of the high emotion ending, I can go from a 5 scale down, with the downsides being the movie's length, bad bluescreening, and some draggy moments...
Snaky gives "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", 4.23 fists out of 5. Keep water nearby to get the lumps out of your throat and watch it with a female, even if you are one.
And if I were to compare this movie to the predictable overhyped drivel of "The Notebook", "Five People" is a WAY better movie if you not only want some sappy love, but want and expect much more from a good feel-good story.
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