studeshaker wrote:

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very ironic that welfare is now called "ontario works" hahahahahahaha and what about employment insurance ? what does that even mean ?

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Years ago employment insurance was called  UN employment insurance and it was in case you became unemployed it would supply an income.  So what do you think Employment insurance is for? 

I am forever thankful that I live in a country where our sick and disabled have their living and medical expenses covered. I am also proud that we as a society will offer a helping hand to adults who are having a tough time of it. But the blatant ripping off of these Social Services, therefore our taxpayers money IS disgusting.

I really wish that our leadership would set a better example. I hope that every Civil Servant who has overcharged or miss-spent on their expense/"petty cash" accounts is losing some sleep.
The recent "rash" of civil government workers being investigated by the RCMP is disheartening. Elected government officials have a pretty good life. They are put in positions of power by the public and are expected to spend our money wisely.

Not to:
-book extra people using false names on government flights, then cancel the false names just to have more privacy for you and your daughter, on the 48 flights you flew with your daughter, and the 2 flights you sent her by herself.

-Go to international funerals, send a card instead

-take a job with government and then file for expenses involved with living too far away. Move closer, you can afford it.

-Say that you charged $10,000 to your expense account, when in fact the bill to us taxpayers was over $50,000.

-spend over $1,000,000 for a painting of a red band over a black background

If our "leadership" rips us off, why shouldnt everyone else? I thought we as Canadians were a bit better than this?

 

El Toro- Dont even get me started on "teachers".

-- Edited by Hog on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 08:00:28 AM

so as the old song said. "Who is gonna collect my welfare to pay for my Cadillac?"
I have declared a moratorium on worry and angst here. Now my only goal is not to be stupid myself (and some days that is a full time job!). I hold all the above mentioned up as a bad example.
don

My daughter works for OPG and she has an excellent drug and medical plan. A friend of mine is a teacher who has an excellent drug and medical plan. My step son works for an Ontario Government department and he has an excellent drug and medical plan. Another friend of mine is a retired GM worker who has a drug and medical plan that far exceeds the medical plan of any of the above mentioned people I know. Maybe we should be pointing the finger at GM employees because they have the best medical plan or if we are so jealous of teachers, maybe some of you could become teachers. After all, it is a free country that allows any of us to work in any field that we wish to.

^^ That's a tough one. How about an easy one like library - no kids, it's not a lie-berry.

or folks that call a chimney - a chimlee hahahaha. another good one is "nuc-u-lar" power. jeez, it's pronounced the same way it looks - nuclear.

Had an older neighbour who used to call the municipal grader the "Scratchin Stick". Another was raspberries, they were razzleberries. Lol

henry wrote:

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 How are teachers worth any more than a min wage earner????

got me started

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 No one is worth any more than another person and everyone has an opportunity to work at whatever they are qualified for. I would suggest the "min wage earner" enroll at the local Faculty of Education and step up to the plate to improve our current education system. There's no point in complaining about something unless we are prepared to help improve it.

MScott wrote:

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Wow! How did a joke pointing out social inequities turn into a teacher bashing thread? Not my original intention.

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Probably because teachers are so easy to bash .

toomuchjunk wrote:

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Boy are you misled.. 

After 30 years of GM  factory life my body is worn out and my benefits are not enough to take the pain away or treat it.

Thanks for " pointing a finger" but you are wrong. 

TMJ

 

 

  

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 Pointing a finger and stating an example are two different things.

I guess my GM friends lied to me about their medical benefit plans.

toomuchjunk wrote:

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Boy are you misled.. 

After 30 years of GM  factory life my body is worn out and my benefits are not enough to take the pain away or treat it.

Thanks for " pointing a finger" but you are wrong. 

TMJ

 

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 TMJ, you know what they say, everyone has an opinion and an a-hole, and both usually stink.. just like the "pay teachers minimum wage" comment. 

 

Just comes from a place of ignorance. 

I'm glad as hell I put my efforts into IT, an industry where I didn't have to wear my body out to earn a living. My mind.. well.. Never mind that.

studeshaker wrote:

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very ironic that welfare is now called "ontario works" hahahahahahaha and what about employment insurance ? what does that even mean ?

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 You're social insurance number evidences you as an employee of the federal government...therefore you are always em=ploy=ed by nanny...its also your person's cra account number

Un-em-poly-ment was just deception ...Now cause it evidences you as employee of the federal government ask yourself have you been properly paid...

-- Edited by Ground Pounder on Thursday 31st of March 2016 10:54:21 PM

Must be paint fumes.

Ed-U-Cat-ion .....

Ed is my cat. When he asks me what he is I say "Ed, you cat" (Educat).
Ed is part lion. Lion broken down is L-I-O-N. Part of L-I-O-N is ION.

To sum this all up, my cats name is Ed and he's part lion ..... why you're bringing this up now is beyond me 

 

I never had a nanny so the rest doesn't apply to me