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September 18, 2023

I Used to Think I was As Smart as the Average Guy

That was until I tried to figure out the electricity scam. After a few hours going in circles, as far as I can see there is no real way to figure it out.

Moreover, I can not see the point in having so many "retailers' selling a product that is a utility and should be simple to understand. All those extra companies and people and plans must simply add cost and zero value to a basic product produced and delivered by the same few basic utility companies as far as I can see. If I change plans, they won't be running in a new power line or switching my connection to another generating facility. It will be coming down the same transmission lines from the same energy pool.

Water and sewer are simple. Why isn't this?

Whose brainchild is this boondoggle anyhow and why do we put up with this?

Having gotten that off my chest, has anyone here actually figured it out?

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April 05, 2026

This is quite a Read.!!

Wow!!!!! she’s pissed!! we all should be..
One really pissed-off CANADIAN citizen!!!
It appears that this Senator hit a sour chord with this young lady!!
Jeff Smith, a Senator from Quebec, calls senior citizens the "Greediest Generation" as he compared , Old Age Security to "a Milk Cow with over a million teats".
Here's a response in a letter from Patty Johnstone in Ontario ..
I think she is a little ticked off! She also tells it like it is!
"Hey Jeff, let's get a few things straight!!
1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole (tit) for FIFTY YEARS.
2. I have been paying CPP & OAS for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. I am now 63). Being a Canadian citizen for over 20 years & paying my taxes, I am eligible at 65 to apply for Old Age Security - OAS (paid for through my taxes).
3. My Canada Pension payments, and those of millions of other Canadians, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until you political pukes decided to raid...

19 hours ago

Google paper ignites Bitcoin debate over freezing 4M dormant coins

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/google-paper-ignites-bitcoin-d-EBq8Y4YfRhqrQYMFtg4u1g

April 05, 2026
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