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INFLUENCE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY
OF OURS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Speaker of the House: THE
MEMBER FROM
RENFREW-NIPISSING-PEMBROKE.
>> Honourable Member: FIRST
OFF I WILL SAY TO THE MEMBER FOR
KINGSTON AND THE ISLAND, I DON'T
THINK THE MEMBER FROM WILL BEA
FRONTENAC ADDINGTON HAS HIS
MAIDEN SPEECH SO HE CAN BE MORE
POINTED IN WHAT HE'S SAYING.
FIRST OF ALL, SPEAKER, I WANT TO
WELCOME THE 31 NEW MEMBERS TO
THE LEGISLATURE.
I WILL NOT FORGET THE FIRST DAY
THAT I ENTERED THIS HOUSE AND
THIS CHAMBER AND HOW DAUNTING,
BUT SPECIAL, IT WAS THAT DAY.
SO -- AND WHEN I HAD THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MAIDEN
SPEECH, THAT IS TRULY SOMETHING
I WILL NEVER FORGET.
I WANT TO REFERENCE MY FRIEND
FROM LAMBTON-KENT-MIDDLESEX.
WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, MONTE
AND I .
BOTH OF US WERE HOME HARDWARE
DEALERS.
YEAH.
HOME HARDWARE DEALERS.
BOTH OF US, BOTH OF US SERVED ON
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS BEFORE WE HAD
THE HONOUR OF BEING ELECTED
HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS
WELL.
AND BOTH OF US HAD FAMILIES THAT
HAD POLITICAL, LONG POLITICAL
INVOLVEMENT AS WELL.
BUT YOU CAN TELL BY
MR. McNAUGHTON'S MAIDEN SPEECH
THAT HE IS GOING TO MAKE A
TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION NOT ONLY
TO THIS CHAMBER AND TO THE
PEOPLE OF LAMBTON-KENT-MIDDLESEX
BUT TO THE PEOPLE OF ENTIRE
PROVINCE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A BRIGHT
FUTURE FOR THIS YOUNG MAN, A
LITTLE BIT YOUNGER THAN MYSELF.
>> A LOT YOUNGER.
>> Honourable Member: DO WE
HAVE TO MAKE A POINT OF IT I
THINK MY FRIEND FROM PARRY SOUND
MUSKOKA.
YES, HE IS A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER
THAN MYSELF BUT I SEE A GREAT
FUTURE HERE AND ELSEWHERE FOR
MONTE McNAUGHTON.
AND WE'VE WAITED FOR MONTE FOR
QUITE COME TIME BECAUSE HE WAS A
CANDIDATE IN THE 2007 ELECTION
AS WELL, AND I SAY, YES, HIS
PREDECESSOR MARIA VAN BOMMEL,
YOU COULDN'T FIND A NICER AND A
KINDER PERSON.
BUT THIS IS THE NATURE OF
POLITICS, AND WE'RE PROUD TO
HAVE MONTE ON OUR TEAM.
WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HIM FROM
LAMBTON-KENT-MIDDLESEX AND PROUD
TO HAVE HIM REPRESENTING THE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Speaker of the House: THANK
YOU.
THE MEMBER FROM GRAMMARLY GORE
MOULTON.
>> Honourable Member: THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, MISTER SPEAKER.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH
CONSTRUCTING AS WELL MY
COLLEAGUE FROM LAMBTON KENT
MIDDLE SECONDS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT IN HIS SPEECH HE DID AS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL MENTION,
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PREDECESSOR, AND
EYES A SHOW OF CLASS.
IT'S A VERY CLASSY THING TO DO,
AND I THINK WE NEED MORE OF THAT
IN THIS ROOM, IN THIS HOUSE, AND
I HOPE TO JOIN MY FRIEND IN
ADDING MORE CIVILITY AND MORE
CLASS TO OUR EDUCATIONAL IN THIS
HOUSE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE
CAN ASSURE WE DO THE BEST JOB
FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND SO I APPLAUD HIS CIVILITY
AND I APPLAUD HIS CLASSINESS.
WITH RESPECT TO MY OTHER
COLLEAGUE FROM LENNOX-ADDINGTON
AND HIS COMMENTS, THERE WERE
SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE'VE LOST 75,000 JOBS.
I CONCUR, WE HAVE LOST A GREAT
DEAL OF JOBS, AND ANY JOBS THAT
WE HAVE CREATED HAVE BEEN
TEMPORARY AND PART-TIME.
AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S --
THAT'S MY LARGEST CONCERN, THE
FACT THAT THE JOBS THAT HAVE
BEEN REPLACING THESE GOOD-MAY GO
MANUFACTURING JOBS HAVE BEEN
PART-TIME, TEMPORARY, AND
PRECARIOUS JOBS.
IN MY RIDING OF BRAMALEA GORE
MALTON, MISTER SPEAKER, THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
IN THE SAME FARKER FOR YEAR
AFTER YEAR UNDER TEMPORARY JOB
AGENCIES WITHOUT THE BENEFIT
THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO,
WITHOUT GOOD WAGES, WITHOUT
BENEFIT.
AND THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN,
AND I HEARD NO SPEAK OF THIS,
I HEARD NOTHING IN THE THRONE
SPEECH THAT ADDRESSED THESE
CONCERNS, THE FACT THAT WE NEED
TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE
FACING TEMPORARY WORK, FOR
FACING PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT INTO GOOD
FULL-TIME PAYING JOBS AND
TRANSITION IT SO THAT PEOPLE IN
ONTARIO BECOME EARN A DESCENT
LIVING AND CAN LIVE WITH DIGNITY
IN THIS PROVINCE.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Speaker of the House:
LAMBTON-KENT-MIDDLESEX HAS TWO
MINUTES.
>> Honourable Member: THANK
YOU AGAIN, MISTER SPEAKER,ID
OXIDE LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS
WHO SPOKE AFTER ME FROM
DAVENPORT, KINGSTON AND THE
ISLAND,
RENFREW-NIPISSING-PEMBROKE BY
GOOD FRIEND JOHN YAKABUSKI AND
AS MR. YAKABUSKI MENTIONED A
FELLOW HOME HARDWARE, AND THE
MEMBER FROM GORE MALTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE IN THIS
HOUSE.
IN ONTARIO AS WE PUT FORWARD, AS
THE MEMBERS NO BE, AMENDMENTS TO
THE THRONE SPEECH, EACH E. WE
HAVE A JOBS CRISIS, A SPENDING
CRISIS IN ONTARIO.
WE PUT FORWARD IDEAS.
IT'S TIME THAT THE GOVERNMENT
LISTENS TO OUR IDEAS.
YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR IN
THE PRESS ABOUT LIP SERVICE
BEING PAID TO THE OPPOSITION
PARTIES AND TO MAKING THIS
LEGISLATURE WORK, BUT I URGE THE
GOVERNMENT IN & HIS CABINET TO
SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE
CONSEQUENCES OF FACING ONTARIO
IF WE DON'T GET OUR GOVERNMENT
SPENDING UNDER CONTROL.
I MEAN, A DAY BEFORE THE
ELECTION THE DEFICIT WAS
$15 BILLION.
A DAY AFTER THE ELECTION THE
DEFICIT $16 BILLION.
IT'S A CONCERN FOR OUR KIDS AND
OUR KIDS' CHILDREN.
SO I JUST URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO
BEGIN WORKING WITH THE
OPPOSITION PARTIES AND TO START
LISTENING TO THE SAME
CONSTITUENTS I'M TALKING TO.
WE NEED A NEW PATH HERE IN
ONTARIO.
SO THANK YOU, MISTER SPEAKER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Speaker of the House: THE
MEMBER FROM TRINITY-SPADINA.
>> Honourable Member: THANK
YOU, SPEAKER.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO BEFORE
I BEGIN IS TO INTRODUCE FRAN
CHESSA WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF
MEMBER FROM PARKDALE-HIGH PARK.
RIGHT THERE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND HER FRIEND JASON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WELCOME.
I MISSED THIS PLACE, I HAVE TO
TELL YOU, BECAUSE I MISS TALKING
TO THE BUBBLE.
I MISS WHEN I SAY WELCOME TO
THIS POLITICAL FORUM.
WE ARE ON LIVE, AND IT'S A
QUARTER TO 6:00 AND IT'S MONDAY.
AND I WANT TO TRY TO BE NICE.
I REALLY DO.
I MAKE AN EFFORT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT.
AND GIVEN THAT THERE WASN'T MUCH
IN THE THRONE SPEECH, IT'S SO
EASY TO BE NICE BECAUSE THERE'S
SO LITTLE THERE TO ATTACK
BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE
THRONE SPEECH EXCEPT THAT
PREDICTABLE THING -- I'LL DO MY
BEST.
BECAUSE I'LL FIND WAY TO ATTACK
THE TORIES AS BEST AS I CAN FROM
TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN I
SHOW THE LINKS BETWEEN THE
TORIES AND THE LIBERALS.
I KNOW.
YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE HAD ONE CLOSE LINK
LAST WEEK.
IT WAS JUST A WEEK AGO.
WHERE TORIES AND NEW DEMOCRATS
AGREED -- HARD TO BELIEVE,
I KNOW, I KNOW -- BUT WE AGREED
THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE THE H.S.T.
ON HEATING BECAUSE HEATING, WE
AGREED, WAS TORIES, AND IT'S A
SURPRISE THE LIBERAL DO NOT
AGREE THAT THE H.S.T. -- JOHN,
I'M JUST ABOUT TO SAY HOW WE
AGREED.
LET ME WORK ON IT.
SPEAKER, THROUGH YOU, OF COURSE,
ALWAYS THAT WE CAME TO AN
AGREEMENT, AN ACCORD AS IT WERE
WITH THE TORIES THAT THE H.S.T.,
THAT THE H.S.T. IS A BAD THING,
PARTICULARLY AS IT IS APPLIED TO
HEATING.
AND WE SAY THAT IN THIS NORTHERN
CLIMATE, THIS IS A HUGE COST TO
ORDINARY FOLKS.
A HUGE COST TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T
EARN A LOT.
YOU HEARD THE MEMBER FROM
BRAMALEA GORE MALTON.
I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A
FEW MOMENTS.
A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING
PRECARIOUSLY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD WORRY
ABOUT.
BUT WE, THE TORIES AND NEW
DEMOCRATS, AGREED LAST WEEK, AND
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WE HAVE 54
MEMBERS, MORE THAN THE MINISTER
OF HEALTH CLAIMS BECAUSE SHE
OFTEN WANTS TO SAY, BUT WE ARE
ELECTED IN GOVERNMENT, THIS IS
TRUE, BUT WE BETWEEN US HAVE
MORE THAN YOU.
SOMETHING FOR YOU TO REMEMBER
EVERY NOW AND THEN.
WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT TO WORK
WITH THE OTHERS, WHEN YOU SAY.
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
[ YOU SEE, YOU'VE GOT HEAR THE
OTHER SIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.
I'M NOT SAYING ALL THE TIME.
UNDERSTAND ME.
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN YOU
SAY WORK WITH US, WE SAY TO YOU
WORK WITH US, TOO.
AND LAST WEEK WE GAVE YOU BUT
ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER, AND YOU DECIDED THAT
YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH US.
YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T HAVE A
ONE-WAY STREET HERE.
YOU NEED FOR THE DOORS TO BE
OPEN EVERY NOW AND THEN.
DON'T GET ME WRONG.
WHERE WE CAN AGREE, AND YOU WILL
BE REMINDED THAT THE ELECTORATE
VOTED FOR 54 MEMBERS THAT ARE IN
THE OPPOSITION BENCHES.
DON'T FORGET IT.
IT IS A MAJORITY OVER THE 53,
NOW 52.
BUT ALL I AM SAYING IS WHEN YOU
SAY YOU INDIVIDUALLY,
COLLECTIVELY, THE PREMIER SAYS
WORK WITH US, WE WANT TO SAY TO
YOU, ATTORNEY GENERAL, WORK WITH
US, TOO, BECAUSE WE CAN'T WORK
WITH YOU IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO
US.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE FORMULA.
EVERY NOW AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND I SUSPECT EVEN THE TORIES
WILL WORK WITH YOU FROM TIME TO
TIME, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT TAX CUTS FOR THE
CORPORATIONS.
SEE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY WE
WANT TO CONTINUE CUTTING
CORPORATION TAXES, THE TORIES
ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT BEHIND
YOU.
NOT NEW DEMOCRATS.
BUT THEY WILL.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MUTUAL
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE WILL HAVE
FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND IN ORDER FOR YOU AS A
GOVERNMENT TO HAVE SOME
CREDIBILITY, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN.
IF I'M THE PREMIER, I WOULD HAVE
SAID THIS -- I KNOW I'M NOT THE
PREMIER, BUT IF I WERE, I WOULD
HAVE SAID THE FOLLOWING,
I RESPECT THE WILL OF THE TWO
OPPOSITION PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN
ELECTED 54 OF THEM HAVE BEEN
ELECTED TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS
THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY BOTH
POLITICAL PARTIES, AND ON THIS
ONE, WHILE WE DISAGREE, WERE
I THE PREMIER, WE'RE GOING TO
LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER TWO
PARTIES SAYING.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID.
IMAGINE THE CREDIBILITY YOU
WOULD HAVE HAD A AS A PARTY.
IMAGINE.
IF YOU HAD SAID IT WILL CAUSE
SOME DOLLARS, THIS IS TRUE, BUT
WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THE COST
THAT THE OTHER TWO PARTIES HAVE
MADE BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING REFLECTS A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
POPULATION, AND AS SUCH, WE WILL
RESPECT THE WILL OF THE
OPPOSITION PARTY.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID.
BUT I'M NOT THE PREMIER.
AH, YOU SEE.
YOU SEE, MEMBER FROM WILLOWDALE,
THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE WRONG.
YOU ARE SO CLOSE.
MANY OF YOU WERE CLOSE TO LOSING
YOUR SEATS, AND INDEED THIS SLIM
MAJORITY THAT YOU HAVE, YOU MUST
NEVER FORGET, YOU'RE QUITE RIDE,
BERARDINETTI, YOU'RE QUITE
RIGHT.
BUT THE POINT IS THIS, THANKS
MOVE AROUND.
FROM TIME TO TIME PEOPLE CHANGE
AND GOVERNMENTS GET BOOTED OUT
OF OFFICE, MERCIFULLY I SAY
BECAUSE THIS IS A GOOD THING.
FROM TIME TO TIME EVERY
POLITICAL PARTY HAS TO BE GIVEN
THE BOOT!
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN.
SEE, LIBERALS NOW AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL ARE LEARNING WHAT IT TAKES
TO GET BACK INTO POWER.
I CAN SEE BOB RAY JUST
SCRATCHING HIS WAY UP, TO TRY TO
BE THE LEADER OF THAT LIBERAL
PARTY, AND -- THAT'S NOT WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I AM TALKING ABOUT YOUR CURRENT
INTERIM LEADER DESPERATELY
WANTING TO GET BACK INTO POWER.
YOU HAVE BEEN, THEY HAVE BEEN
TAUGHT A LESSON AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
IT'S A GOOD LESSON BECAUSE, YOU
SEE, LIBERALS HAVE NOTHING TO
SAY ANYMORE.
WHEN THE M.P.P.ERS STOP GIVING
YOU IDEAS, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO
SAY, AND THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.
NOT ONLY HAVE YOU HAD A SERIES
OF BAD LEADERS, YOU'VE ALSO HAD
A DID IT IN TERMS OF POLICY
IDEAS, AND BETWEEN THE TWO OF
THEM YOU ARE LOST, WANDERING
ABOUT, TRYING TO FIND A SAVIOUR
TO BRING YOU BACK TO POWER.
AND, YOU SEE, THAT SAVIOUR IS
NOT COMING.
HE AIN'T COMING.
AND I THINK IT'S GOOD, AND IT'S
A GOOD, TOUGH LESSON FOR LIBERAL
TO LEARN.
GOD BLESS, I SAY.
GOD BLESS, I SAY.
ACTUALLY, THE MEMBER FROM
PARKDALE-HIGH PARK WOULD SAY
THAT MORE THAN I WOULD.
BUT, BUT -- IT'S OKAY, IT'S
OKAY.
WE UP HERE IN THIS HOUSE, BY
TORIES AND LIBERALS, DARE I SAY,
WE'VE GOT -- WE DON'T HAVE A
REVENUE PROBLEM.
WE'VE GOT A SPENDING PROBLEM.
I HEAR THAT FROM THE TORIES ALL
THE TIME.
ISN'T THAT TRUE?
YEAH.
THE LIBERALS USED TO SAY THE
SAME THING, BY THE WAY.
IT'S OKAY.
WERE YOU HERE IN 1990?
THAT'S TOO FAR TO GO.
I REALIZE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL --
>> Speaker of the House: YES,
YES, THE SPEAKER IS NOT HAPPY
WITH THE DIALOGUE GOING ACROSS
AND FORTH.
WE COME THROUGH THIS PARTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I WOULD REMIND THE MINISTERS
IN THE FRONT, SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
FOR YOUR NEW MEMBERS.
>> Honourable Member: AIN'T
THAT SOMETHING?
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I LOVE IT.
THIS IS ONE GOOD SPEAKER WE HAVE
HERE, I'M TELLING YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I AM BEING PRESSED.
I REALLY AM.
I REALLY AM.
ANYWAY, THROUGH YOU, SPEAKER, TO
THEM, OF COURSE, IN CASE
I FORGET, WE'VE GOT A REVENUE
PROBLEM.
THIS IS WHERE WE DISAGREE WITH
BOTH OF THOSE PARTIES, LEFT OVER
THERE TO MY LEFT AND THE RIGHT.
WE HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM.
AND UNLESS WE FIX THIS, NOT ONLY
WILL THE DEFICIT REMAIN AS HIGH
AS IT IS BECAUSE, DARE I SAY,
IT'S GOING TO GO HIGHER, BUT NOT
ONLY WILL THE DEFICIT STAY WHERE
IT IS, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.
AND WITH THAT, UNLESS WE DEAL
WITH THE REVENUE SIDE, ALL OF
THE THIS SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WE HAVE SO LONG LOVED IN
THIS PROVINCE IS JUST GOING TO
DWINDLE, SEE YOU LATER, ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE IS
GOING TO DISAPPEAR EVERY SO
SLOWLY.
THE MEMBER FROM GORE VALE
MIDDLESTONTON BRAMALEA GORE
MIDDLETON.
>> MALTON.
>> Honourable Member: IT IS SO
FAR, I'M TELLING UP.
MY SON LIVES IN THEM PARTS.
MAN, IS IT FAR, I GOT TO TELL
YA.
WE GOT A PROVE PROBLEM.
-- WE'VE GOT A REVENUE PROBLEM,
AND THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE ARE SO
SEVERE THAT IN THE NEXT TEN
YEARS IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE BROADER
PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TALKED
ABOUT BY MANY BUT YOU NEED TO BE
REMINDED BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS
ARE BAD.
POVERTY IS NOT GOING DOWN.
THE TORIES WHEN WE HAD 11, 12
YEARS OF OF A GOOD ECONOMY,
EIGHT YEARS OF A GOOD ECONOMY,
WE DIDN'T DEAL WITH THE
POVERTYI.
AND TO THE LIBERAL WHEN WE HAD
MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE ECONOMY,
WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB.
THE PECUNIA THAT YOU HAD THAT
YOU DID NOT SPEND WISELY.
FOR EIGHT LONG YEARS UNDER THE
TORIES, AND THEN UNDER THESE
FINE LIBERALS, POVERTY GOES UP.
THE DEFICIT GOES UP.
UNEMPLOYMENT GOES UP.
GOOD-PAYING JOBS DISAPPEAR.
FOOD BANKS ARE INCREASING UNDER
THE TORIES AND CONTINUES WITH
THE LIBERALS.
PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT CONTINUES.
PEOPLE WORKING AT ONE OR TWO
PART TIME JOBS.
COLLEGE TEACHERS HALF OF THEM
PART-TIME.
25% OF A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IS
WORKING ON A CONTRACT.
DO YOU NOT GET A SENSE THAT WE
GOT A LITTLE PROBLEMO IN THE
PROVINCE?
I DO.
AND WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THAT
AND SO WHEN YOU SAY THINGS ARE
GREAT, THEY'RE NOT.
AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT THINGS ARE
NOT GREAT.
DID WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE
THRONE SPEECH, MEMBER FOR
WILLOWDALE, THAT DEALS WITH ANY
OF THESE PROBLEMS?
OH, YEAH?
TELL ME ONE.
SUBSTANTIAL POLICY NOTHING.
HE'S TALKING IN A VOLUME.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING -- IN
A VACUUM.
ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT I TALKED
ABOUT FROM FOOD BANKS TO POVERTY
ISSUES TO WAGES, BY THE WAY,
THAT HAVE GONE DOWN SINCE THE
'80s, SINCE THE '80s WAGES
HAVE BEEN FLATLINED.
DO YOU REALIZED THAT?
I HOPE I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T
KNOW.
WAGES HAVE BEEN GOING LIKE THIS.
THE TOP 10% OF THE POPULATION'S
WAGES ARE GOING UP, AND THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE'S WAGES ARE
JUST FLATLINING, GOING DOWN.
SURELY YOU WOULD KNOW THAT,
RIGHT?
WE ARE GOING BACK INTO THE '50S.
WE'RE GOING BACK INTO AN ERA
WHERE MY FATHER COMING IN 1956
STRUGGLED LIKE ALL THE OTHER
IMMIGRANTS.
WE ARE GOING BACK TO THATTER
HUH.
AND IT'S -- THAT ERA, AND IT'S
GETTING WORSE.
THE POOR IMMIGRANTS THAT
FOLLOWED US, THAT THOUGHT WHAT
WE WOULD HAVE IN THE '50S --
MIND YOU NOT THE '50S BECAUSE
THE '50S WERE BAD, BUT THE
'60s WERE AMAZING FOR ALL THE
IMMIGRANTS US THAT BECAUSE
THAT'S WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT
LIKE THIS AND WAGES WENT LIKE
THAT AND GOOD JOBS WERE ABUNDANT
AND MANUFACTURING JOBS WERE
THERE THAT PROVIDED FOR A
HEALTHY STRONG MIDDLE CLASS.
WE DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE.
IT'S ALL GONE.
AND GETTING WORSE.
SO THERE'S NOTHING TO BE PROUD
OF.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS BUDGET
THAT HELPS?
HA AH, LEST I FORGET IT'S THE
RENOVATION DOLLARS THAT THE
LIBERALS ARE SPENDING.
YEAH, THAT SHOULD DO IT.
THAT SHOULD LIFT UPS A LOT.
AND IT WILL CREATE A --
>> Speaker of the House: DUTY