Let’s put two and two together.
The Auditor General for Ontario just released a scathing report which goes so far as to say they have no idea what the level of waste is when they have millions in expenses without receipts and millions more listed as miscellaneous expenses. This outrageous spending was nickelling and diming Ontario Taxpayers to the poorhouse by buying things like 40 leather jackets for one provincial power entity and one teacher who sent flowers to her own wedding.
We should already all be aware of the overspending by MHA’s from Newfoundland which has been turned over to the Department of Justice. Some of the money, apparently, went towards gold rings that many people claim they never got. I am sorry but even if they did get the gold rings, why the heck are taxpayers paying for jewellery?
Another report in the news indicates that for the tenth year in a row the money spent on health care in Canada went up but that we STILL only spend half the money per capita that the United States spends
Let’s do the math. The Americans are taxed at a lower tax rate than Canadians. The Americans have the money to spend on an awesome military. The Americans spend twice what we do per capita on healthcare yet we are supposed to have one of the best healthcare systems in the world. I emphasize the word supposed.
Considering my mom was in intensive care for five days last week after a triple bypass, I can assure you, our healthcare system needs help.
I am grateful and thankful for the high quality education and skills our doctors and nurses are equipped with, but when an intensive care unit (ICU) has a broken ice chip machine for five days something is wrong with the system.
When a patient is left in an expensive (one to one nurse to patient ratio) ICU for two days longer than needed because there are no beds or rooms available in the cardiac care ward then something is wrong with the system. The nurses themselves told us that there were at least 5 people and as many as 7 who were ready to go to regular care but there weren’t any open beds.
Wait times can easily be cut shorter by putting more beds into the picture because the bottom line is this. If the ICU is packed with people waiting for beds, then the surgeries are not happening because there is no ICU space to put post-op patients. Hence, wait times are directly affected.
For those who care, mom is doing great and recovering nicely.
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Yes, please do the math.
The Outstanding Public Debt of the U.S. as of 06 Dec 2006 at 12:46:58 PM GMT is:
$ 8 , 6 4 3 , 9 4 0 , 4 8 7 , 9 2 2 . 7 4
The estimated population of the United States is 300,399,104
so each citizen’s share of this debt is $28,774.85.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$2.02 billion per day since September 29, 2006!
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So glad to hear your Mom is doing well, Mulder! Our health system is being short-changed by the shortsighted McGuinty government. However the folks on the front lines are doing their best, that’s for sure.
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Randomizer (#1) any idea how much of that is sitting in the pension fund or in other registered retirement vehicles like 401K’s? I assume you know because you had those skewed numbers at your fingertips. You should at least qualify them to give an accurate indication of what the true national debt of the USA is.
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What the Ontario conservatives need to do is try to get a non-confidence motion then give this scathing inquirey a name like the federal conservatives did (Gomery)(sponsorship) and push the issue every day in the public and in the papers untill the election. And maybe bring up a few on McShiftys lies.
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This article was on the front page of the Globe&Times last night for a few hours, now today the report is picked apert hidding in the Ontario section of the Globe. The article is good and involves 100’s of millions lost.
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1 more thing. The Mcguinty government is making a new organization to watch over people in the CAS and hydro-1 that are mis-spending millions of dollars. TRY FIRING THEM AND HIRING HONEST PEOPLE JACK-ASS!!!!!!!!!!!
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It shouldn’t have been difficult to put systems in place to track spending and reimbursement, including regulations about what is and is not an allowable expense.
This is systemic arrogance and corruption.
You can be sure McGutless won’t be firing any civil servants or bureaucrats before the election. His priority is NOT serving the interests of the people of Ontario.
I’m glad your Mum is OK, Mulder. Many people who have bypasses find they feel better than they have in years because they start eating properly, exercising and getting out more.
I worked for a cardiologist for years and some of our patients used to say that the best thing that happened to them was having a heart attack. Strange but often true.
Best wishes for a speedy and problem-free recovery for your Mum.
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Caveat (#7) Thanks for the well wishes. She is up and getting around the ward a bit more every day. And you are right. Not just my mom, but our whole family is taking this to (ahem) heart.
And you are right. McShifty won’t do a thing but whisper to a few friends to get their act straightened up. Maybe find a family friend to fall on a sword in exchange for some pork barrelled dollars from Ottawa South.