the ponzi bomb under the city walls
put there by public sector unions, it's now exploding. will it leave anything behind?
[This is about US cities, but applies to Canada, the provinces, and cities, too.
Allowing public sector unions to strike has, over time resulted in featherbedding, inflated pay, reduced work, inflated benefits, and inflated retirements that are higher than those in the private sector that has to support them. These unions are permitted to hold essential services for ransom, and the resulting public outcry always causes politicians to cave to unsustanable demands. Eventually, the chickens come home to roost and it becomes obvious that the 'entitlements' exceed the population's ability to meet them, resulting in disaapointment and anger all around. Then things get nasty. It is long past time to bring these unions to heel, but who dares to bell the cat?]
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-ponzi-bomb-under-the-city-walls
“Biggest Transnational Crime Group on Earth”: Why Canada Must Break Free From China
A group of top national security experts is sounding the alarm: Canada’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has crossed from economic engagement into a full-blown democratic threat.
At a Dec. 6 forum in Toronto, former RCMP proceeds-of-crime director Garry Clement called the CCP “the biggest transnational organized crime group ever seen,” warning that Beijing is actively infiltrating Canada’s political, business, and cultural institutions. Through the United Front Work Department, the CCP co-opts elites, business leaders, community organizations, and media outlets—while intimidating and surveilling dissidents “on a daily basis.”
Clement also linked Beijing to the fentanyl crisis, saying the CCP could shut down precursor shipments to Canada “if they really wanted to,” but instead allows the flow as a form of “disruptive warfare,” echoing the tactics of the Opium Wars....
