Category Archives: Economics

Walmart’s bags of cash!

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Murray Hill

Walmart Canada has decided to start charging customers 5 cents per plastic bag at the check out. They say it’s to reduce the amount of bags that end up in a landfill site. I have a different opinion. Let’s do … Continue reading →

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Want a like new home?

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Murray Hill

If you’re happy with your space and don’t need to make structural changes and don’t want to go through the hassle of selling, buying and moving and still want something new, paint the interior.  Don’t be afraid of a radical … Continue reading →

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Inflated opinions

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Murray Hill

With the Canadian government deciding to do away with the penny, I wonder how I will ever again get my “two cents in” to back up my opinions. I guess from now on I’ll have to offer a nickel’s worth … Continue reading →

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USA Debt Clock

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Murray Hill

Above photo taken February 2009. Above photo taken February 2012. These shots of the US National Debt Clock, in New York City, only 3 years apart, tell a very big and ugly story. The moral of that story? The clock … Continue reading →

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