doady
Senior Member
Its the government. There is never a shortage of fat to cut.
Yeah, I think they should stop funding the Catholic schools. That alone would save so much money.
Its the government. There is never a shortage of fat to cut.
How? Unless you're suggesting those students not be given places in public schools?
And, as the Tories demonstrated, never a shortage of citizens you can kill by cutting budgets.Its the government. There is never a shortage of fat to cut.
And, as the Tories demonstrated, never a shortage of citizens you can kill by cutting budgets.
Actually, my comment was more directed towards the bureaucracy than programs themselves. A friend of mine has done extensive IT consulting for various ministries, the stories of inefficiencies and redundancies he tells are frightening. Of course when policies are in place that dictate that efficiency gains cannot result in job losses, what can we expect.
I doubt this would be immediately practical, but in 50 years or so, it would be nice if we could use exceedingly powerful computers to replace the bulk of the civil service.
When their are 3 people behind the scenes on the pay roll for every teacher, there has to be some serious fat to cut in the school boards.
12% of a 6 billion dollar budget is on the order of SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS to service the debt. Is any of that money being used to pay it down, or is it just going to interest carrying charges?
Think of what that kind of money could buy! The road work backlog is over three hundred million. Isn't the budget for all the new train cars around $300 million?
Unless you want City Hall to default on its bond payments and make it impossible to seek any financing for decades to come (which would make the city even worse than Detroit, ironically), there's no choice.
The best subsidy that the province could give Toronto is an interest free loan to pay off their existing debt.......that move alone would free up cash for the city of over $700 million per year.....imagine!
Of course the city would have to tear up its credit card (ie. agree not to run up the debt again).
The best subsidy that the province could give Toronto is an interest free loan to pay off their existing debt.......that move alone would free up cash for the city of over $700 million per year.....imagine!
Of course the city would have to tear up its credit card (ie. agree not to run up the debt again).