Episodes
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Voting Pt 3: Principles over Promises - 6CR #18
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Friday Jun 15, 2018
The results of the Ontario 2018 election are in - Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives win majority government, NDP are the formal opposition party and the Liberals lost party status. Darnell & Joel give there thoughts and answer some listener questions.
FB post Joel referenced in the intro - NDP voter challenge
Question 1 - How would Doug Ford be able to cut costs without cutting jobs? What are the benefits of saving and cutting costs?
Question 2 - What are the counter arguments to the listener's rational for voting NDP?
Question 3 - What is the fundament role of government? Why is it problematic for the government to see themselves as the solution to the problem?
Reference Links:
Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario, 2017
Beware of politicians talking of government waste
NDP admit to annual $1.4-billion costing error
Tim Hudak 2013 PC party platform
Common Sense Revolution - Mike Harris
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Monday Jun 04, 2018
Voting Pt 2: Principles over Platforms - 6CR #17
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
The 2018 Ontario provincial election is on June 7, 2018. Darnell & Joel use the principles established in the previous episode - Voting part 1 - to analyze three components of the party platforms:
1. Taxes/Deficits
2. Childcare
3. Education
6CR #10: Cannabis Legalization
Reference Links:
Globe & Mail: Ontario election guide
Macleans: Ontario election 2018 platform guide
Reality Check: Is Ontario’s debt really that bad?
Ontario launches plan to teach high school kids financial skills
Child Care and Early Years Act
Economist Don Boudreaux quotes:
"The best regulator is the market...the competitive market"
"If your spending other peoples money it is easy to spend"
Fred Swaniker - education in the 21st century
6CR #2: Ontario's Full Day Kindergarten Program
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Friday Mar 02, 2018
Wakanda Forever? - 6CR #15
Friday Mar 02, 2018
Friday Mar 02, 2018
Black Panther's success forced the addition of one more episode in season one. Darnell & Joel discuss aspects of the Black Panther movie & the city of Wakanda to draw out some real world conclusions. The conversation focuses on:
- The political structure of Wakanda
- Wakanda using the economic advantage that vibranium provides to help bring progress to others
- Two perspectives on how black people view themselves T'chala (Statist) vs Killmonger (Pan-Africanist)
- The morality of an ethno state like Wakanda
Reference Articles:
Darrell Harrison on Race vs Ethnicity
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Friday Feb 23, 2018
Q&A - Slavery in Libya - 6CR #14
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Darnell & Joel address a number of questions from listeners in response to our conversation on Slavery In Libya. The questions cover the following:
- Racialized groups committing racism
- Arabs enslaving blacks
- The race of enslavers are not being discussed
- Strawmanning & Steelmanning
Reference Articles:
Rubin Report Intro - MLK quote
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Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Who We Are - 6CR #1
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Introduction to your hosts Darnell Samuels & Joel Nicoloff and what The Six Cents Report is trying to achieve.
- Christian worldview
- Economically minded
- Engage in conversation
- discussing issues & ideas from all sides
- representing the other sides as fair and as strong as possible
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