Thumbs up, thumbs down & Letters to the editor
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- Published on Saturday, January 20, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
A thumbs up and a thank you to T. Dagg and the R.M. of Rosedale. Your donation to TNR Rescue has helped the municipality control the feral cat population. Working together makes things happen.
Carol Davies, TNR Volunteer
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Letters to the editor: Jan 19, 2018
McCreary residents, listen up!
Now is the time to have your say on council’s proposal of a levy to collect Recreation Support Services on all properties. What with hydro rates going up, plus everything else, an increase such as this can only put a further squeeze on some who simply can’t afford another added financial burden. According to the property owners list, some will pay a double levy and even a triple levy. Does that seem fair?
If you are concerned, please take a moment to send or drop off your written objection according to what is stated on the front of your public notice letter that you received. Time is short. Thank you.
William Sorrell, McCreary, MB.
It's not changing, regardless of wages.
Thank you to Ms. Jackman-Atkinson for the article re minimum wage. As she points out, there are as many opinions as there are people. May I comment. First, the well worn Conservative argument that lower wages would mean more jobs. Certainly. If we cut the minimum wage in half, every business would rush out to hire twice as many workers. NOT. I have never known a business person to hire more workers than were required to do the work.
You point out that 43 per cent of minimum wage earners are under 24 years old. The inference seems to be that their parents are supporting them, that they are working just for fun and/or experience. Perhaps you should make the acquaintance of some less than wealthy parents.
I would like to know what percentage of these workers are single mothers. I refer to the girls who met their Prince Charming while still in high school. And dropped education to become mothers and homemakers to live happily ever after. But after a few years Prince Charming left for greener pastures, leaving his partner to feed, clothe, shelter and love his children. And surprisingly few of said fathers love their children enough to help to provide for them. And perhaps worst of all in such cases is the attitude of society. It was well enunciated by a certain Alberta judge who asked “ Why didn’t you keep your knees together.”
As for machines replacing people, that has been going on since the Mongols domesticated the horse and discovered that one horse pulling a plow could replace 20 people with grub-hoes. That is not going to change, regardless of wages.
Leonard Paramor, Arden, MB.
