OK, this will be the last time…probably…maybe…that I will mention the 1.2 billion dollar utter waste of taxpayers money that is the G8 and G20 summits.
Last Friday, the day before G20 leaders were due to arrive in Toronto, I read an article about how that city had become a shadow of its usual self with the very few people on the streets, outnumbered by police and security guards. The downtown McDonald’s is closed and boarded up, the CN Tower closed and all for what? So a bunch of world leaders can meet in comfort and safety while their undeserving entourages are wined, dined, and treated like royalty. What a colossal and obscene waste of our money. One final thought: if they are so terrified and paranoid about security, why in the world do they have to meet in person anyway? Don’t they know about satellite and video technology? The head of each G8 and G20 country plus their senior people could have stayed home and still gotten together through the use of video conferencing. They could be snug and safe in their cabinet boardrooms seeing and talking to all the other leaders through high-definition satellite video and audio hookups. I’ll bet the farm they would accomplish just as much as they do live and in-person.
.it will be interesting to see,,what they come up with ):)
ReplyDeleteFor the cost ya...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8
ReplyDeletegood post
ReplyDeleteThank you Tee as there was much too much money spent it you ask me...(just my own opinion)...
ReplyDeletewell said. And a lot of money saved that could have been put to a much greater important things ... [just my opinion too]
ReplyDeletebut heyy, on a lighter note ... going places on a taxpayer's money is a big come on, it's free! ;)
Very well said Jack. Why waste time, money and put urban people trying to live their lives through all this security turmoil?
ReplyDeleteDoug it's the most costly Summit as of yet. I am not negative but I don't see where there is anything that has been accomplished from it except the spending of much money. This has been the most costly summit as of yet. I feel that there might be a thought on putting some sort of ceiling price on these now.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbc.ca/thenational/indepthanalysis/rexmurphy/story/2010/05/26/national-rexmurphy-052610.html
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/g20streetlevel/2010/06/scenes-from-the-streets.html