If you're being sincere, the quick and dirty argument is to place the Fraser Institute's 2022 Index of Economic Freedom and The Economist's 2023 livability index and put them side by side.
mikeyBoy14
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My grandparents worked 16+ hour days toiling away on a farm doing hard labour for like 60 years. They ate meat and potatoes for nearly every meal because grocery chains weren't a thing for them (and they didn't get a fridge until the 60s anyway). A bunch of their family members died of the Spanish Flu and other illnesses that we've since cured. That includes both my grandma's parents when she was maybe 10. The highest-tech thing they owned until they were in probably their 50s was a 13-inch black and white TV that got like 2 channels with its bunny ears.
If you're saying my biggest issue is that the house I bought cost double or triple than they would have paid in inflation-adjusted terms, I'd say I came out ahead.
“History could show that the recent Bank of Canada rate hike (and any subsequent moves) was at best unnecessary, and at worst a mistake,” said CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham in a report.
To be fair, for all we know history will show the exact opposite -- that rates should have been raised higher and faster to control inflation.
I haven't read either, but the following two are on my list:
- John Romero actually has a book coming out in like 3 days called DOOM Guy: Life in First Person
- Mark Brown from Game Maker's Toolkit recommends Spelunky by Derek Yu (by the dev of, well, Spelunky).
Great cohesive argument.
I can link articles I found in 10 seconds on Google too:
I would argue that grammar is the most relevant bit; it's the only thing separating the acceptable phrase from the unacceptable phrase, which are otherwise identical.
Quote the part of my comment I wrote that I am against the phrase.
Mate, you're the one who's arguing that all black people have the same opinion on this issue and purporting to speak on their collective behalf.
The ruling, handed down by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague seven years ago, concluded that Beijing's claim to almost the entire South China Sea was groundless.
I mean, China is a signatory to both Conventions that establish and govern the PCA...
To be fair, I would bet that not all black people are cool with being called a "person of colour" either.
Do you think poor wages around the globe is a recent phenomenon? In any event, something like a half a billion people have been lifted out of poverty in China since the 70's when it opened its markets up. There were sure as hell some losers from that process too, but I don't think the progress on that front is something to overlook.