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#1 User is offline   FVTFJo Icon

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Posted 14 April 2011 - 04:17 AM

28 Prime Ministers ... from 1867 to 2011 ... 22 of them Lawyers ... Not one .. *NOT ONE ACCOUNTANT* why? Who better to run a country .. balance a budget .. why are we putting this country into the hands of Lawyers and not accountants .. why aren't accountants in politics ?
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 11:17 AM

View PostFVTFJo, on 13 April 2011 - 11:17 PM, said:

28 Prime Ministers ... from 1867 to 2011 ... 22 of them Lawyers ... Not one .. *NOT ONE ACCOUNTANT* why? Who better to run a country .. balance a budget .. why are we putting this country into the hands of Lawyers and not accountants .. why aren't accountants in politics ?


'cause they are too smart? :P
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 02:38 PM

Reminds me of the joke my brother (a lawyer) told me. What's the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?

One is a bottom-feeding scum sucker. The other is a fish.
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 03:17 PM

View PostFVTFJo, on 13 April 2011 - 10:17 PM, said:

28 Prime Ministers ... from 1867 to 2011 ... 22 of them Lawyers ... Not one .. *NOT ONE ACCOUNTANT* why? Who better to run a country .. balance a budget .. why are we putting this country into the hands of Lawyers and not accountants .. why aren't accountants in politics ?


I agree that we have had too many lawyers serving the nation's highest office. But replacing them with accountants? That's a stretch! There is already enough apathy towards politics among Canadians and you think that an accountant will get them excited? I think you are dreaming about coloured beans!
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 10:53 PM

But Harper is an economist that's like being an accountant is't it
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 11:27 PM

An economist is an accountant without the personality
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Posted 15 April 2011 - 02:48 AM

If we had an accountant running the country what would happen if we had inflation?

He would put his head in the sand and say it doesn't exist and shouldn't be accounted for! :)

I remember the '70s!
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Posted 15 April 2011 - 09:13 AM

thanks for the laughs :D
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