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SB>> Unless you live here, in Canuck-istan, you cannot understand. Unless you
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SB>> to choose between shit tickets and protein, YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND!
SB>> Read that again, make sure you heard what I just said.
SB>> Food? I'm still trying to make sure my a$$ is clean!
SB>> Remind me again how much you know about being a Cnuck?

MP>August is Canadian.  So is Rob McCart, who sometimes posts here from my
MP>non-Canadian BBS.
MP>As best as I can tell, I am the only non-Canadian that posts here much.
MP>Mike

I read the original post above last night and hesitated to comment on it.
Seeing it again, I feel I should put in my 2+ worth for what it's worth. (2+?)

Not everyone shares the same experiences and I wouldn't directly confront
anyone on what they live with. All I would say is that, basically, Canada
takes pretty good care of it's people, especially lower income ones. Taxes can
be higher for higher income people but that's the price you pay for a half
decent (not fully decent) health care system that, admittedly, does cut some
corners and delays some treatments trying to save some money. Even though
drugs and procedures cost much less than in many countries, we still fork out
over $5000 a year for every person in the country for health care and you can
make about $22,000 a year before you pay a penny in income tax, helping out
those low income people some. I could go on and on about support for low
income people and the elderly but I won't bore those who live with it in
Canada or any from other countries who may not care. I'll just add that it
could be a lot worse. I would not want to be poor in almost any other country
in the world.

I said that funny.. I'm not what most people would call poor, and definitely
not rich, but I could not have lived the life I did here in many other places
in the world and am grateful for what this country has provided.

I comment only to point out that not everyone is in dire straits here, in fact
pretty much everyone I know is living a quite decent life even in these
trying times. Hopefully things will eventually get back to a more normal
situation since this pandemic does make it hard on a lot of people.

Rob
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