November 2012 -

CONVENIENCE TRUMPS PRIVACY

Convenient communication trumps privacy. Who would have thought? It was not too long ago that privacy was a hot topic with the public and the government. Getting information from the government, or a private corporation about an individual is nearly impossible. Take Ontario Hydro for instance. I wanted to know whether my tenant, in my Continue Reading

Murray Rubin November 17, 2012 Privacy 11 comment

ENTITLEMENTS

“Entitlements” is a word North Americans will see a lot of in the future. Nicholas Eberstadt who is an economist and a demographer with the American Enterprise Institue, wrote a booklet entitled “A Nation of Takers:America’s Entitlement Epidemic”. In 2010 U.S. governments at all levels transferred more than 2.2 trillion in money, goods and services Continue Reading

Murray Rubin November 12, 2012 Entitlements,Human nature 1 comment