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| We need less studies,and more action, towards job creation |
Today the CBC came out with the story … “BC
income gap getting worse”. In it,
they stated:
The first measurement looks at household income and found that BC is second only to Alberta as having the greatest inequality of any province.In the second measurement, BC ranked dead last, having the biggest gap between the top and bottom 20 per cent of income earners.The report notes that the gap has increased since the early 1990s and that other provinces have had more success redistributing income through taxes and benefits.
Ouch … redistribution of wealth!!!
Redistribution of wealth is not the answer!
YES … we do need to have social programs that help those individuals,
and families, who are in need and are unable to provide the necessities they require
(food and shelter). Redistribution of wealth
however should not be taking from one group to give to another.
To reduce the necessity to provide what is needed for those on low or
no incomes, we need a vigorous and aggressive plan to get BC moving forward
with good quality high pay jobs in traditional areas that have always provided
them … as well as in the new technologies.
Those of us in the middle class are getting squeezed tighter and
tighter with higher fees and taxes --- and no resulting / corresponding
increases in wages to meet these increased costs.
