XPost: calgary.general   
   From: ceri@shawRemoveThis.ca   
      
   Number one; I'm not going to the US as it has way yo much violence and   
   hatred plus a hendrence when doing anything from abroad due to their   
   terrorism of the world as a rouge nation going wild.   
     Number two; I was talking about private personal healthcare not buying a   
   corporate group health care. We are all forced as business owners to pay   
   that workmen compensation and never get covered as an owner ourselves   
   anyhow. Not the same elsewhere in the world though I've found out. The US   
   doesn't force you to pay health care it's only an option to entise   
   employees.   
      
   "Some Other Guy"  wrote in message   
   news:459A8D6A.D75E12D@Other.Guy.com...   
   > Americans pay less in taxes because their gov'ts are running larger   
   > debts (both per-capita and as a percentage of GDP) as is the case in   
   > Canada.   
   >   
   > Right now the US federal debt is something like 65% of GDP, while it's   
   > 40% in Canada.   
   >   
   > If you want a gov't that borrows from the future to pay it's current   
   > expences, then you'll love the USA.  Especially when that gov't has   
   > spent more than 300 billion dollars in an illegal and immoral invasion   
   > and occupation of another country and has received no benefit from   
   > that act - only pain, suffering, and death of 3000 soldiers and   
   > serious debilitation of thousands more that will put a HUGE drain on   
   > their VA medical system for decades.   
   >   
   > As a small business partner in Ontario, I couldn't imagine the costs   
   > of setting up and participating in a medical insurance plan like they   
   > have to do in the US.  The biggest pain in the ass for small business   
   > owners in the USA is employee health care.  I thank god we have OHIP.   
   >   
   > For those that say that Canada has 1/10 the population and therefore   
   > has to spend 10x as much, that's bullshit.  Canada has a population   
   > that's on par (roughly) with New York state or California, but it   
   > doesn't cost them 10x as much to build a highway, etc.  Taxpayers in   
   > Boston don't contribute to the cost of building and operating grade   
   > schools in Seattle or a fire trucks in San Antonio, etc.   
   >   
   > I think that the real drain (in Ontario at least) is the public school   
   > system and that half of our property taxes goes to a school system   
   > that's out of control and is keeping many schools open that have low   
   > attendence and in general teachers are paid way too much.   
   >   
   > (if you reply to this, you probably want to remove the "followup-to"   
   > setting that I was forced to add by the news server I'm using)   
      
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