Only 6 Countries Have Sound Pension Systems, Luckily Canada IS On The List
Only 6 Countries Have Sound Pension Systems, And America Isn’t On The List Andrew Shen and Gus Lubin Only six national pension systems earned a ‘B’ grade on Mercer’s 2011 global index, which was given to systems with “sound structure” and “room for improvement.” The best systems are in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Canada [...]
The Troubled Future of Real Estate
Excellent blog post by Garth Turner on the Real Estate Markets. On Wednesday many thousands of people swarmed Lower Manhattan. It was part of a movement called OccupyWallStreet. Some marched because they cannot find jobs. Some because they’ve lost their homes. Some because of debt, after costly education for work which doesn’t exist. Some because [...]
It’s Tax Freedom Day, but only death brings real tax freedom
By Gordon Clark, The Province June 5, 2011 Stick a candle in a cake and blow it out: we’ve all got something to celebrate. (On second thought, you’d better not light those candles. You don’t want to add to your carbon footprint.) If you believe the Fraser Institute (and who doesn’t?) Monday is Tax Freedom [...]
