Letters to the Editor, Dec. 30, 2024: ‘Don’t encourage him!’

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Trump’s trolling

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I wish the media and the politicians would stop enabling Trump with his “buy Canada” nonsense by responding to his never-ending musing. He’s simply having fun with us, as bullies are wont to do. But the facts are that an absorption of Canada by the U.S. will never happen. It won’t happen because 80% of Canadians are opposed to the idea, leaving as the only option an armed invasion. Even the GOP folks would not support full-scale war against their best ally. And the international community wouldn’t support it, either. It is possible, I guess, that Trump would like that option because he knows Trudeau has made it impossible for us to resist — our population doesn’t have enough guns to fight. But he won’t do it; he has other things to screw up at home.

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DOUG RADKE

(Knowing he’ll get his way on trade, maybe he’ll move on to another target.)

Weighted economy

Re “Freeland’s fiscal record is a disastrous one” (Brian Lilley, Dec. 22): The household fallacy is the belief that the federal government should act like a budget-conscious family and spend frugally. But a household does not own a central bank, nor is it responsible for stimulating a recessed national economy where currently 1.5 million Canadians suffer unemployment. Advanced economies typically run deficits and their public debts grows alongside their economies. No fiscal problem ensues for a monetarily sovereign government like Canada because its cheques are drawn on the Bank of Canada and will never bounce. In individuals, there is a medical disorder characterized by abnormally low body weight, distorted perceptions, and an intense fear of getting heavier. Unfortunately, in the public sphere we have the economic anorexics who call for fiscal restraint, claiming the debt load is too much to bear, even though the economic body wastes away for lack of spending sustenance.

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LARRY KAZDAN

(The federal government has not suffered from a lack of spending for the last nearly decade. The issue is what have they been spending on? If services government is obligated to provide have not improved then it’s reasonable to demand restraint)

Dopamine high

Our governments are in the business of dealing a dangerous drug. That drug is dopamine, ‘the pleasure chemical.’ Billions of dollars are spent ‘buying’ dopamine in casinos and through lottery tickets with almost no reward except the temporary high it gives. If you or a loved one is addicted to dopamine (gambling addiction) I urge you to consider dopamine detox. Once you recognize the negative effects of dopamine, your life will be more enjoyable. You’ll also have extra cash in your pocket.

DAN MACGILLIVRAY

(Individuals have to make these choices themselves)

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