Meteorology and Money - The Weekly Poll

Last Week's Poll: Everybody Talks About the Weather

We invited our readership to hold the Government accountable for our extremely hot, humid summer, and provide direction to the Minister of the Environment as to the kind of weather we, as Canadians, want and deserve.

And you, the readers, spake thus:

• 5% wanted ongoing hot and humid;
• 15% demand just as hot, but less humid;
• Nobody asked for just as humid, and less hot;
• 31% vote for less hot AND less humid;

 And a majority of  47% said: "Whatever, as long as CBC shuts up about it."

This Week's Poll: If You Managed Your Money Like the US Government Manages Theirs...

We are all grateful that the world's economy failed to collapse this week when Republicans and Democrats agreed at the last minute to a compromise, enabling the US to raise its debt ceiling.

Since we all know that politicians are our moral and intellectual superiors, we feel there must be a lesson in there for ordinary folks like us struggling to meet our own debtload.

So next time you find yourself overdrawn at the bank, what strategy do you intend to adopt?

1. Republican Strategy: Explain to your bank manager that it's all his fault, and insist that all interest rates and service charges be lowered.
2. Democratic Strategy: Explain to your banker that  you have a right to spend what you're spending, and insist he raise your overdraft ceiling.
3. Tea Party Strategy: Stamp your feet, glare, and just say No. 
4. EuroStrategy: Borrow from your neighbour at an even higher interest rate.
5. Boring old Canadian Strategy: spend a little less, save a little more.

The Consilium Poll - The Only Poll That Matters - is open!