He'll be off posting in the anarchist forums about how the police should be given the right to taser anyone withing 10 kms of the city limits.
179 Million for a 2 day event. Wow. You know there's something wrong when you have a small army following around these global government assemblies. I hope I don't have to work that weekend, it's going to be a friggin' zoo, or a war zone.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Police State Canada 2010 and the G20 Summit
By Dana Gabriel
Nows up to 1.1 Billion, This country is a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!
Nows up to 1.1 Billion, This country is a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!
So, yes, it's a lot of money but like anything big coming to town, there are huge economic spin-off benefits that work to counterbalance the costs of staging the thing. It's just hard to see that if you're not a direct beneficiary of the thing.
It's a lot of money. Now, is it being spent in the country or outside of the country? In the province or outside of the province?
It's not like the money is being put into a barrel and burned. That money is going into people's pockets. The individual cops pulling extra duty, hotel and restaurant staff, travel agents, airline staff, auto rental companies, limo drivers, consultants, couriers, etc.
Those people are eventually going to be spending the money they earned from their roles in the summit, and odds are good they'll spend most of it locally buying from other local businesses that employ Ontario residents.
So, yes, it's a lot of money but like anything big coming to town, there are huge economic spin-off benefits that work to counterbalance the costs of staging the thing. It's just hard to see that if you're not a direct beneficiary of the thing.
and what are some of the topics of discussion?
How will we, you, me and other people, exactly benefit from miles and miles long concrete fence, build only and only for 48 hrs for a specific reason?? Pls enlighten me.
Anyways, why am I even reacting to your post???
Case in point - people had to be hired to build that fencing, install it, and later to remove it.
Perhaps 1 billion dollars can be spent better then hosting a meeting for a bunch of clowns.So we should drop out of the G20 because the cost of hosting a meeting is too much?
Is that what you guys are suggesting?
So we should drop out of the G20 because the cost of hosting a meeting is too much?
Is that what you guys are suggesting?
So we should drop out of the G20 because the cost of hosting a meeting is too much?
Is that what you guys are suggesting?
or perhaps not holding it in the center of the busiest city in canada that requires insane planning and money to secure.
How about using that billion to build a G20 building in some remote location and they can have their satanic orgies or whatever it is they are doing there year after year. Why does it even have to be this travelling circus?
or we should go further into debt to hold meetings about how to manage global debt? lol is that what you are suggesting?
So, yes, it's a lot of money but like anything big coming to town, there are huge economic spin-off benefits that work to counterbalance the costs of staging the thing. It's just hard to see that if you're not a direct beneficiary of the thing.
All the other member countries do the same, at the same level of inconvenience and cost i'm pretty sure.
and it's a traveling circus so that no one country has to bear the burden of hosting all meetings.
The benefits of being a member of the G20 far outweighs the "inconvenience" and "expense" of hosting a meeting every once in a while.
the argument against it is like the "no wind turbines" NIMBY wanks.
Considering that you still have all these questions to ask...do you really think you should be so confident and outspoken in your opinions on the subject?
That is more my point. That people dont even know what the event is about, and what it is meant to accomplish. All they MOSTLY know is what they read in the newspaper. Written by people whose jobs it is to .... sell.... newspapers.....
Security costs at previous summits
G8 summit Japan, October 2008: $381 million
G8 summit Gleneagles, Scotland, July 2005: $110 million
G20 summit London, April 2009: $30 million
G20 summit Pittsburgh, September 2009: $18 million US