The shape of things to come

Here's an interesting approach to funding government: take all the money going into pension funds and spend it!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/16/u-s-hits-debt-limit-starts-dipping-into-pensions/

I predict that our new improved Harper government will copy this idea with great enthusiasm, just as it has done with so many of the brilliant ideas that America has tried in the last decade.

Almost reminds one of an empire in decline.