Canada's Economic Plan
EI! EI! Ohhhh...
There's a lot of argument about the tories versus the new democrats and how it would effect the average working family. I imagine I'm not the average working family, because I am not a family, and I am not working.
The two sides of it are that under the tories, the economy would be stronger; thus creating more jobs, or allowing people who have jobs to be paid more. Or you look at it from the new democrats, who want to institute social programs. Social programs may not always be good for the economy (you have to think of social programs as sort of matrix or graph where if what you pay into social programs allows consumer spending and a more productive workforce, up to the point where the economy grows and the government makes back what they put in at the least - then it's good - if not - it's a shortfall waste of time and money - at least capitallistically). Which would be better for me?
I'm back on EI, because quite frankly, EI provides me with more money than working two different low wage part time jobs would. Under the tories, I would supposedly not need EI, because there would be plenty of jobs out there that would pay me decently enough and be easy enough to get. Or, how about the new democrats. In that case, I could just get more EI, student loans and government grants to continue my education. It seems in either case, it's two sides of the same coin.
Except it isn't. I prefer being a productive part of society; and I wish there were more than just very low paying, 2 shifts a week part time jobs out there for people like me.
But what can you do?
EI! EI! Ohhhh...
There's a lot of argument about the tories versus the new democrats and how it would effect the average working family. I imagine I'm not the average working family, because I am not a family, and I am not working.
The two sides of it are that under the tories, the economy would be stronger; thus creating more jobs, or allowing people who have jobs to be paid more. Or you look at it from the new democrats, who want to institute social programs. Social programs may not always be good for the economy (you have to think of social programs as sort of matrix or graph where if what you pay into social programs allows consumer spending and a more productive workforce, up to the point where the economy grows and the government makes back what they put in at the least - then it's good - if not - it's a shortfall waste of time and money - at least capitallistically). Which would be better for me?
I'm back on EI, because quite frankly, EI provides me with more money than working two different low wage part time jobs would. Under the tories, I would supposedly not need EI, because there would be plenty of jobs out there that would pay me decently enough and be easy enough to get. Or, how about the new democrats. In that case, I could just get more EI, student loans and government grants to continue my education. It seems in either case, it's two sides of the same coin.
Except it isn't. I prefer being a productive part of society; and I wish there were more than just very low paying, 2 shifts a week part time jobs out there for people like me.
But what can you do?