On 22-Dec-2018 23:02, Michael Borthwick wrote to All <=-
As of 1st July 2019 tobacco will become a prohibited import and you
will require a license (no doubt the cost will be in the tens of
thousands of dollars) to import tobacco - even for personal use. This won't affect travelers coming into the country with a quantity less
than the duty free limit of one pack opened and one pack unopened or
25g of tobacco.
Another stupid law brought to you by the derailed train that is the Liberal government.
Wow that's a tight limit. When I came back in 2005, the limit was 200 cigarettes, and that corresponded to a carton. I brought back a carton
of duty free cigarettes for my partner at the time when I came back from the US.
Yes, this government has to go. I never voted them in, in the first place.
On 23-Dec-2018 07:42, Michael Borthwick wrote to vk3jed <=-
Yeah I remember those days. Those were the days when the government had bigger fish to fry than some poor sod brining some tobacco into the country.... now they don't seem to be interested in the big stuff
instead they like to give it to the little man....
Yes, this government has to go. I never voted them in, in the first place.
Well at the time they seemed better than the rudd gillard rudd gillard rudd gillard government... not any more lol
Quoting Michael Borthwick to All <=-
Another stupid law brought to you by the derailed train that is the Liberal government.
The liberal wack-a-doo's are fucking up Canada at a fevered pitch as
well. I predict in 3 years the entire country will be on welfare.
You should see what local government officials have dreamed up over here. Moving section-8 (government assisted / low income homes) into the the middle class neighborhoods. Funny how you don't see politicians and Hollywood stars with section-8 apartments in their front yards..
On 23-Dec-2018 00:02, Tiny wrote to Michael Borthwick <=-
Quoting Michael Borthwick to All <=-
Another stupid law brought to you by the derailed train that is the Liberal government.
The liberal wack-a-doo's are fucking up Canada at a fevered pitch as
well. I predict in 3 years the entire country will be on welfare.
Not trying to split hairs or fork this off into an argument, but...how do you know there's no section 8 housing in their neighborhoods? I live in
Palo Alto, the highest cost of housing zip code (94301) in the US, and we have section 8 housing all over the place.
Cost of living varies all over the place. A $1 million dollar home in Palo Alto could be considered middle class, where the same house in Mississippi would cost $200k and still be considered middle class.
How many Hollywood stars that have mansions live down the street from section-8? Same with politicians. They make rules for us common folks, not for them. They don't want it in their neighborhood and make sure it never happens.
When I bought my first townhome, I barely could afford enough gas to
drive to work each week, let alone food. Struggled to make ends meet
for years. Living in townhomes in a neighborhood next to mine at the
time was section-8 people sitting on their butt all day collecting free money and rent - while I struggled. Stealing & dealing drugs during the day while I was at work.
Fair point. My only rebuttal is that there are no $1 million dollar homes
in Palo Alto. :) There also isn't really a middle class...those people are sleeping in bunk beds and ridesharing to google each day to work.
I understand your sentiment here, but do you know where all the section 8 housing is? Are you certain there isn't any in bel-air or places like
that?
Yeah, this bums me out as well. My girlfriend and I do fairly well yet are confined to a tiny 1 bedroom in Palo Alto. I'm not complaining - don't get me wrong. But we have section 8 housing right down the street and there's
a lot of riffraff in tow. We work hard for what we have and it does bum us out when scumbags walk around keying cars and stuff. But I don't know the alternative...put these people on the street and then what? Anyway, that's
a bit outside the scope of the initial discussion.
esc wrote to Weatherman <=-
You should see what local government officials have dreamed up over here. Moving section-8 (government assisted / low income homes) into the the middle class neighborhoods. Funny how you don't see politicians and Hollywood stars with section-8 apartments in their front yards..
Not trying to split hairs or fork this off into an argument, but...how
do you know there's no section 8 housing in their neighborhoods? I live
in Palo Alto, the highest cost of housing zip code (94301) in the US,
and we have section 8 housing all over the place.
How many Hollywood stars that have mansions live down the street from section-8? Same with politicians. They make rules for us common folks,
There are also some of our sports stars that live in residential neighborhoods and some of them that rely heavily or exclusively on
public transportation and so on. You used to be able to ride a train
and see one of the Eagles every day taking the same train to practice
for example. They're not Hollywood stars but some of them are probably
as rich as an A list star.
There are also some of our sports stars that live in residential neighborhoods and some of them that rely heavily or exclusively on public transportation and so on. You used to be able to ride a train and see one of the Eagles every day taking the same train to practice for example. They're not Hollywood stars but some of them are probab as rich as an A list star.
That's basically what I'm trying to say here. Palo Alto is full of 1%ers. Hollywood A-listers don't come close to C-level folks at Facebook/Google/Twitter/Apple, but those are the people that live here, and we have section 8 housing all over the place.
There are also some of our sports stars that live in residential neighborhoods and some of them that rely heavily or exclusively on public transportation and so on. You used to be able to ride a train and see one
of the Eagles every day taking the same train to practice for example. They're not Hollywood stars but some of them are probably as rich as an A list star.
Yeah. I think if there was any point I was trying to make (I really didn't make any point) it would be that I think people these days are a little to quick to try to categorize everything into a bucket (ie liberal vs conservative) but the reality is somewhere in between.
Maybe its not common for senators to live in the projects, but there is no doubt some who do. Not everyone fits into a single mold particularly in politics, yet that is where we are guilty of doing this the most.
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