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How can you say the math doesnt add up if you dont have his personal information. I am willing to take him at his word.
Well, because as I pointed out Albertans will generally pay the same or less overall tax to Texans until their income is above $118,500 (C$155,000). It's because Canadians don't pay Social Security payroll tax above incomes of C$51,000 and Americans pay it all the way up to $118,500. It's a significant burden on middle-class Americans (especially any who are self-employed, who pay 12.4% instead of 6.2%) that simply does not exist above C$51,000 in Canada.
That's 190 murders out of 2.2 million people in Houston, compared to 20 out of 1.1 million people in Calgary. The murder rate in Canada is one-third the murder rate in the USA, but the difference is even more stark between Calgary and Houston.
Houston has five times the murder rate of Calgary. You could almost call it an order of magnitude.
Five times in bold sounds scary, if you don't take into account actual numbers comparing to the total of the population.
Lets say, there are two cities of 500K population each with 1 murder in one city and 5 murders in another. It's still five times more, but does the city with 5 murders sound much more dangerous to you than another?
Five times in bold sounds scary, if you don't take into account actual numbers comparing to the total of the population.
Lets say, there are two cities of 500K population each with 1 murder in one city and 5 murders in another. It's still five times more, but does the city with 5 murders sound much more dangerous to you than another?
190 is very significant considering the year isn't anywhere near over. That's 300 murders a year in Houston, which isn't exactly huge. New York City only has 350 murders a year, and it is four times larger.
In fact, New York City is only 25% more dangerous than Calgary. Houston is three times more dangerous than New York City and five times more dangerous than Calgary.
300 murders is not "5," so your point is pretty irrelevant to Houston. It is one of the Murder Capitals of America, and it's been a Murder Capital for 40 years.
190 is very significant considering the year isn't anywhere near over. That's 300 murders a year in Houston, which isn't exactly huge. New York City only has 350 murders a year, and it is four times larger.
In fact, New York City is only 25% more dangerous than Calgary. Houston is three times more dangerous than New York City and five times more dangerous than Calgary.
300 murders is not "5," so your point is pretty irrelevant to Houston. It is one of the Murder Capitals of America.
I agree with you that this is an issue. And yes, my point is probably irrelevant to Houston.
However, your emphasized five times can be misleading and falsely sensational if you don't look at actual numbers and at population totals. It's all I wanted to show you.
In general, it seems to me that you tend to undermine issues in Canada and overblow issues in the US. It's very obvious from your posts that you are very subjective in your perception.
In general, it seems to me that you tend to undermine issues in Canada and overblow issues in the US. It's very obvious from your posts that you are very subjective in your perception.
No, not really. And again, I'm an American living in New York City, so I'm not exactly a biased Canadian. Everyone will see things as they want to, but I've not said anything abnormally subjective and have backed all statements with cold facts.
There are a lot of myths regarding this issue ("taxes are way higher in Canada") that haven't been true for a decade or more. So it's good to correct them when we can.
No, not really. And again, I'm an American living in New York City, so I'm not exactly a biased Canadian. Everyone will see things as they want to, but I've not said anything abnormally subjective and have backed all statements with cold facts.
There are a lot of myths regarding this issue ("taxes are way higher in Canada") that haven't been true for a decade or more. So it's good to correct them when we can.
I like Canada a lot, taxes or not. Canada is a great country in many ways.
It's great that you are a dual citizen and can move to Canada anytime.
There are a lot of myths regarding this issue ("taxes are way higher in Canada") that haven't been true for a decade or more. So it's good to correct them when we can.
Here's a better statement for you.
Disposable income is less in Canada than the US.
At the end of the day, that's all that matters, to me anyways. Blimp can live in his theoretical bubble, and Botti can enjoy his walkable urban paradise at -20 and salty. Me, I'll just float in my pool in February with my wife who no longer has to work to support our household, and lament how much "worse" things are here.
I clearly stated actual numbers and population totals. But thank you.
Compare Metro areas, and you'll have a far more accurate picture. It's like saying Calgary is double the size of Vancouver because Van has a population of just over 600K.
I never really thought that material wealth being generally higher in the U.S. than in Canada would be something that could be so hotly debated. Seems pretty obvious to me what the answer is.
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