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applegrove

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13. Oh that's bad. I'm reading a book called "Enchanted America". About people

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 01:54 AM

Jan 2019

who vote rational vs. those that vote on a feeling (like racism). Financial insecurity is a greater predictor of people voting intuitively rather than rationally much, much more than level of income. If you put the squeeze on people financially you can get them to vote against their own interests. Why I think Doug Ford is changing low income university students to loans vs. grants. So that they will have financial anxiety for years and years and will blame some 'other'. Fact is Canada is getting lots of ambitious Muslim students because of Trump in the USA. We need all the computer geeks and doctors we can get. But these people under long term financial anxiety will not think of their cardiologist. They will think of sharia law and vote for conservatives.

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Trudeau fires Ambassador to China after he lets the cat out of the bag in extradition [View all] applegrove Jan 2019 OP

I remember when he was previously minister of defence True Dough Jan 2019 #1

I always thought he was level headed. Can't figure out why he did what he did. Twice. applegrove Jan 2019 #2

I can't answer that, of course True Dough Jan 2019 #3

Yes. I agree to a pipeline through the Rockies too keep Alberta applegrove Jan 2019 #4

Agreed True Dough Jan 2019 #5

And all the big car companies are restructuring to the changing car industry: applegrove Jan 2019 #6

Yes, but while that is happening True Dough Jan 2019 #7

But tech makes uber or car sharing or driverless more likely. I take taxis applegrove Jan 2019 #8

You live in Toronto, right? True Dough Jan 2019 #9

I'm in Ottawa. Point is the market is changing. And hopefully that will applegrove Jan 2019 #10

Look at this right wing wedging. Disgusting. Yellow vests in canada. applegrove Jan 2019 #11

Yeah, that's not good True Dough Jan 2019 #12

Oh that's bad. I'm reading a book called "Enchanted America". About people applegrove Jan 2019 #13