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I like that part it means pretty much everyone has the same level of basic education and same level of healthcare no matter what city/province you live in and the rich get the same care as the poor in the ER and no one is denied.
also getting sick or injured is not a as big a worry cause you know you are covered. which I belive causes less stress knowing that if you or your spouse or kids do get sick or hurt they will get the proper care they need without having to worry about a massive medical bill after.
Same thing in the USA. Anyone can walk into an ER and no one will be denied. If you're a citizen, the hospital social workers will be bringing you your Medicaid papers to fill out, if you're not a a citizen, even here illegally, they'll bring you your Emergency Medicaid papers to fill out or you simply won't ever be sent a bill.
I doubt Canada is as Socialist when it comes to non-citizens as the USA is.
In general the United States has some of the highest relative poverty rates among industrialized ... in 2000 the United States ranked tenth among sixteen developed countries,
Why does America rank lower than Socialist countries?
Freedom, oh freedom...That's just some people talkin. americans are no more free in the country than most of the industrialized nations. you are slaves to both your Country and Corporations.
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Human Development Index - Wealth (GDP), Health, Education, Literacy, Quality of Life.
Over thirty years ago, I remember a high school teacher telling us about her trip to Niagra Falls. She went both on the American side and the Canadian side. Our side was more run down, and littered with trash, while the Canadian side was impeccable. She also stated that when in Candada, she saw no litter anywhere. They had severe fines for littering that was enforced. Dang socialists!
This is the Canadian side:
The American side is that little strip of land on the other side. As you can see, really the only way to view Niagara Falls is from the Canadian side. Therefore, that is where the money and the means are. The American side is a state park, the Canadian side is a tourist mecca.
Additionally, while Canada has it's share of scenic beauty, Niagara Falls is the crown jewel of Eastern Canada and the nation treats it as such, conversely the US has harnessed Niagara as a source of power and has always treated Niagara as just one of many of America's jewels.
The reason that there is such a difference in the way these two nations views this natural wonder is that Niagara sits in America's back yard while it sits on Canada's front yard.
Your teacher should have done some research about why there was such a contrast
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Regardless of what anyone thinks of Canada, I think the article stands for itself. Which is to say, even if someone from Somalia wrote the same article, the writer's background wouldn't make the observations any less true.
We do have an extremely thorny mess when it comes to entitlements, but then again, it would be a crippling economic hit if we just eliminated programs like Medicare and Social Security.
That's because people would immediately pull way back on consumption in order to save half or more of their incomes for those expenses.
It would rapidly contract the economy and would, in some ways, be the end of the modern United States, at least in terms of quality-of-life.
Why does America rank lower than Socialist countries?
Freedom, oh freedom...That's just some people talkin. americans are no more free in the country than most of the industrialized nations. you are slaves to both your Country and Corporations.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of Canada, I think the article stands for itself. Which is to say, even if someone from Somalia wrote the same article, the writer's background wouldn't make the observations any less true.
We do have an extremely thorny mess when it comes to entitlements, but then again, it would be a crippling economic hit if we just eliminated programs like Medicare and Social Security.
That's because people would immediately pull way back on consumption in order to save half or more of their incomes for those expenses.
It would rapidly contract the economy and would, in some ways, be the end of the modern United States, at least in terms of quality-of-life.
If we had no unemployment, we would have scores of homeless. If we didn't have food stamps we would soup kitchens. If we didn't have medicade we would have people growing seriously ill waiting to go to the ER. The *real* situation is that there are scores of people who can't find jobs when there is one job and 600 applicants. And past six months of no employment, many companies simply lose the application. And we *don't* have the "little" jobs to fill in a little money because desperate people take them to survive. You are very unlucky if your 19 and need a job right now.
I'm on disability. When I spend my money it goes to someone who has employees. Part of what I pay them pays someone to have a job. Part of medicade keeps hospitals open. Part of foodstamps keeps grocery stores operating. If you like or don't like "entitlements" the money is spent. Someone else benefits. Just how much worse off would we be if none of this was circulating?
Yes, we see a glofified picture of the economy due to the aid our government gives those in need. But would we rather have hunger and people living in the park? Would those who have a job because the sales are there at a store rather not?
If we had the above situation the reality would be obvious and nobody would be spending unless it was absolutely necessary and it would be a whole lot worse. Business without business cannot stay open and provide jobs.
I would like to see the stats done as a what if, if there were NOT these entitlements and I bet it would be far far worse.
The question is where DO the 19 year old supposed to work, or those whose skill sets are moved somewhere overseas, or those who are competing with a couple thousand people with the same experience when they fill out an application. We can do things on our own, but there is a limit. We're growing an underclass which is viewed by some as "them" who used to be middle class. It's not tomorrow but unless we find a solution there will be a third world America down the road.
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