Friday, August 19, 2005
Fund them to death
I remember seeing a follow up doc on CBC news a month of so ago on the plight of the Indians in a new government build town. It was hard to believe what an utter failure this was, and how the story never really made any mainstream press. I missed Mark’s take on the issue last year - as usual, it’s bang on.
Consider the sums of money involved: $152 million for 700 people. That’s $217,142.85 for each man, woman or child. I’ve got a wife and three kids, so, had we been in Davis Inlet, that would have been $1,085,714.20 just for us. Imagine what you could do with that. Build a new house. Start a company. Hire some people. Invest in business opportunities. Get the kid an Ivy League education.
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