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And you pay for all that by having your life taxed to hell.
I don't know how it works in Canada, but in the UK, they pay taxes and in return they ALL have health insurance with no worries about it, they get unemployment that lasts much, MUCH longer than it lasts here, they get council housing and also housing benefits if they fall upon hard times or when they are just starting out, their groceries are cheaper than here and of better quality. Almost everything is cheaper except gas. And so they don't have huge, massive cars. That way they save on gas. And pollution. Their roads are in better shape and they have parks everywhere available for walking for free, gorgeous beaches that are free...
The UK LOVES their NHS--I don't know why the Canadian plan isn't as good but I do know it differs from province to province. The US is definitely falling behind.
Whatever. We have about as many people living here illegally as Canada has in its entire country.
It's like arguing over what's a better place to live.... Vermont or California. Vermont is more peaceful, less crime, more affordable, etc.... but California is California. As Robin Williams once remarked, "Canada is like a tidy loft apartment above a really great party."
I'm sure sitting atop the largest consumer economy in the world and having vast natural resources and a small population has nothing to do with Canada's success.
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Teachers and nurses certainly make more in Canada, as do most police. Canadian corporate tax is lower,and you are correct, personal income tax is marginally higher. However, Canadians do not pay those extremely high medical insurance rates (universal healthcare is a major reason why life expectancy is higher in Canada)
nor do they pay the excruciating university fees that US students must.
Generally speaking, the total cost of living is higher in the USA.
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100% agreed. Even with tax deductions and other write-offs, the tax matter is a shell game. Whatever you don't pay in taxes is eaten up in out-of-pocket post-secondary education expenses, private health insurance expenses (even with a deductable).
Whatever. We have about as many people living here illegally as Canada has in its entire country.
It's like arguing over what's a better place to live.... Vermont or California. Vermont is more peaceful, less crime, more affordable, etc.... but California is California. As Robin Williams once remarked, "Canada is like a tidy loft apartment above a really great party."
I'm sure sitting atop the largest consumer economy in the world and having vast natural resources and a small population has nothing to do with Canada's success.
What the article highlighted was that what once was "the American Dream" doesn't exist any more. That dream is now more realistically attainable in Canada.
That doesn't take away that both countries have advantages on different data points, where one is "better" than the other. What is important though is what currently is the entirety of the situation.
All I know about Canada is what I see on HGTV, where the property values seem about on par with California...that means ridiculous. No thank you.
I've seen those shows, and I can't stand the people on them.
They all want these giant 2500sf McMansions with a 3 car garage, master bedrooms the size of a basketball court, two sinks in the master bath, open floor plan, ridiculously big and fancy kitchen they're never going to actually use, no sharing a yard with neighbors, and many other forms of wanton excess.
So yes, no surprise they're going to spend millions. What do you expect?
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By the way I'm happy you don't want to live here.
