Taxation: Societies need to impose temporary tax surcharges to fund Coronavirus spending. Call them patriotic taxes.
Societies need to impose temporary tax surcharges to fund Coronavirus spending. Call them patriotic taxes.
Germany: During the pandemic it is Germany providing the global leadership that we used to get from the United States.
During the pandemic it is Germany providing the global leadership that we used to get from the United States.
Multilateralism: The defeat of President Trump in the 2020 elections is a victory for multilateralism.
The defeat of President Trump in the 2020 elections is a victory for multilateralism which is about nations working together to deal with issues like climate change, diseases like covied-19, national disasters like floods, mass-migration and other threats to the global order.
Cuba: The substantial Cuban population in Miami that hates the Cuban Communist regime, helps put Florida into the arms of the Republican Party in the USA.
The substantial Cuban population in Miami that hates the Cuban Communist regime, helps put Florida into the arms of the Republican Party in the USA. But it does not prevent major trade, investment and tourism between Canada and Cuba.
1940: One uncle with the RCMP protecting the shipyards in Halifax is hit over the head and later dies of a brain tumour. Another uncle is rescued at Dunkirk.
One uncle with the RCMP protecting the shipyards in Halifax is hit over the head and later dies of a brain tumour. Another uncle is rescued at Dunkirk.
