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   Message 89,047 of 90,757   
   M.I.Wakefield to cloud dreamer   
   Re: End of medicare in Canada . . .   
   07 Dec 14 20:49:04   
   
   XPost: can.politics, nb.general, nf.general   
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   From: none@present.com   
      
   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:-OadnXRDidCwYxnJnZ2dnUU7-L2dnZ2d@supernews.com...   
      
   > LOL...he still doesn't get it.   
   >   
   > If an employee was hired and told they would get 6% raise every year and   
   > this employee set up their mortgage and car payments etc with that 6%   
   > every year factored in....   
   >   
   > ....and suddenly the employer decides to only give him 3% a year...   
   >   
   > ...what happens?   
   >   
   > Granted, the logic might be too complicated for Wakefield.   
      
   The 6% annual increase was part of the 2004-2014 Health Accord.  So the   
   problem with your analogy is that nobody ever told the provinces that they   
   were getting 6% a year forever.  And the provinces were given 5 years notice   
   of the change.   
      
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