Steve I’m not sure if you have kids, but my thoughts continue to be about how can I help, advise, encourage my twenty-something brood to see a way to be successful in the current environment. Freelands attempt to stoke generational warfare makes me so mad! If our governments don’t change in the next election cycle, should I tell them forget about small business, forget about private sector. Forget about the dream of owning a home. Jump into a government job and milk it for all you can :( But I can’t bring myself to that so I’m back trying to figure out how they can succeed despite it all. Maybe with the current zoning changes I’ll just tell them all to just come build a house in our yard lol.
All levels of gov’t stealing our hard earned cash but I also see a spending problem - younger generations don’t practice delayed gratification, when they live at home and still spend $400-$800 monthly on ´themselves’ that is not saving. If my friends son can afford to buy a house making $21/$ it can be done but you have to be frugal and diligent something that rarely happens anymore - Amazon, skip the dishes, Starbucks, lululemon, none of those easy to spend $ on companies existed when I paid off my first mortgage. Also didn’t own a tv, stereo or new furniture until I did. Now everyone wants shy new everything yesterday!
And the pitchforks will never come out. Canadians will just grin and bear it... or maybe we really are powerless against the regime. I'm starting to think the latter.
Steve I’m not sure if you have kids, but my thoughts continue to be about how can I help, advise, encourage my twenty-something brood to see a way to be successful in the current environment. Freelands attempt to stoke generational warfare makes me so mad! If our governments don’t change in the next election cycle, should I tell them forget about small business, forget about private sector. Forget about the dream of owning a home. Jump into a government job and milk it for all you can :( But I can’t bring myself to that so I’m back trying to figure out how they can succeed despite it all. Maybe with the current zoning changes I’ll just tell them all to just come build a house in our yard lol.
Sadly the government is slowly destroying our country’s competitiveness. But do Canadians know?
Hi Steve,
Are municipal charges different than the fees cities charge developers for waste water infrastructure?
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/proposed-bylaw-to-end-sprawl-subsidy-goes-before-council
All levels of gov’t stealing our hard earned cash but I also see a spending problem - younger generations don’t practice delayed gratification, when they live at home and still spend $400-$800 monthly on ´themselves’ that is not saving. If my friends son can afford to buy a house making $21/$ it can be done but you have to be frugal and diligent something that rarely happens anymore - Amazon, skip the dishes, Starbucks, lululemon, none of those easy to spend $ on companies existed when I paid off my first mortgage. Also didn’t own a tv, stereo or new furniture until I did. Now everyone wants shy new everything yesterday!
And the pitchforks will never come out. Canadians will just grin and bear it... or maybe we really are powerless against the regime. I'm starting to think the latter.