Please allow my unequivical support for the principal of universality. Also caution that the most recent administrative tactic has been to make progarms self qualifying by requiring the applicant to submit means testing to the application form. AKA the GST rebate. Ed G X-Envelope-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:03:54 EST Subject: Re: Perception problems at Human Resources Development Canada To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 01/21/2000 11:17:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << There's another side to this story that can't be captured by a government audit of grants awarded by HRDC. Every dollar that was misspent or unaccounted for was a dollar that didn't go to a more appropriate use. >> Timework has confirmed again our suspicion that the means-tested welfare-state is the Social Scientists' Full Employment Act (SSFEA) of 1892. And that reminds us of the significance of the word "universal" in the coming Universal Basic Income, which will restore the integrity of our labor markets and is the only practical alternative to the corruption prone means-tested welfare-state. Wesburt Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa
