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0cm 0cm'><p class= This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Zg9if+CX6rTpIrOkOh6FMw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Thanks, John - well put. Most politicians are just like the rest of us, except that they have a really, really hard job. They often have to decide between competing interests, with no clear "right" answer. As Otto von Bismarck said, “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best”. They can't win, and I don't envy them their job. --- Peter Payzant On 2017-12-08 8:31 PM, John and Nhung wrote: > > None of us are privy to what drives the decisions the government > makes, and I am glad I am not an elected MLA. It’s impossible to do a > perfect (maybe even good) job. The only guarantee is that you will > make mistakes and annoy everyone, at some point, and you will almost > never have all the information you need to make a > sufficiently-informed decision. > > I have huge problems with the way they are managing the forests, but > considering our (growing) debt servicing costs, our need for various > services, including infrastructure maintenance, and the demands for > higher pay from public employees, maybe the forests are a politically > low-hanging fruit. I strongly disagree that their holding the line > with teachers and public servants is stupid. We all have to tighten > our belts. > > I believe in constructive criticism and mutually respectful debate, > but have limited patience with name-calling and gratuitous bashing. > --Boundary_(ID_Zg9if+CX6rTpIrOkOh6FMw) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Thanks, John - well put. Most politicians are just like the rest of us, except that they have a really, really hard job. They often have to decide between competing interests, with no clear "right" answer. As Otto von Bismarck said, “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best”. They can't win, and I don't envy them their job.<br> <br> --- Peter Payzant<br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2017-12-08 8:31 PM, John and Nhung wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:004d01d37084$ff5411d0$fdfc3570$@eastlink.ca"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Segoe UI"; panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">None of us are privy to what drives the decisions the government makes, and I am glad I am not an elected MLA. It’s impossible to do a perfect (maybe even good) job. The only guarantee is that you will make mistakes and annoy everyone, at some point, and you will almost never have all the information you need to make a sufficiently-informed decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have huge problems with the way they are managing the forests, but considering our (growing) debt servicing costs, our need for various services, including infrastructure maintenance, and the demands for higher pay from public employees, maybe the forests are a politically low-hanging fruit. I strongly disagree that their holding the line with teachers and public servants is stupid. We all have to tighten our belts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I believe in constructive criticism and mutually respectful debate, but have limited patience with name-calling and gratuitous bashing.</span><br> </p> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_Zg9if+CX6rTpIrOkOh6FMw)--
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