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    I loved this story, truth or not. It is spot on.

    Revenue Canada (CRA) commented on this:

    The CRA sent back the Tax return to a Canadian taxpayer because of his answer to one of the questions.

    In response to the question, "Do you have anymore dependent on you?" the man wrote the following:

    "2.1 million illegal immigrants, 1.1 million crack heads, 4.4 million unemployable scroungers, 80,000 criminals in over 85 prisons plus 450 idiots in Parliament, thousands of politicians and an entire group that calls themselves Senators."

    The CRA stated that the response he gave was unacceptable. The man's response back to the CRA was:
    "Who did I leave out?!"

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    Canadians actually pay less income tax than Americans do, and yet we Americans still have no universal healthcare, and our infrastructure and public schools still suck.

    https://www.investopedia.com/financi...americans.aspx

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    Quote Originally Posted by American Man View Post
    Canadians actually pay less income tax than Americans do, and yet we Americans still have no universal healthcare, and our infrastructure and public schools still suck.

    https://www.investopedia.com/financi...americans.aspx
    Special pleading fallacy. Canadian 'universal' healthcare is notoriously horrible and expensive (not paid by income taxes).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    Special pleading fallacy. Canadian 'universal' healthcare is notoriously horrible and expensive (not paid by income taxes).
    So your right-wing reading tells you. It is not true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    So your right-wing reading tells you. It is not true.
    The budget speaks for itself, dude. You are denying the numbers right there on the books.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    The budget speaks for itself, dude. You are denying the numbers right there on the books.
    We pay double and get far less. Those are the numbers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    The budget speaks for itself, dude. You are denying the numbers right there on the books.
    Do you make up your numbers? https://www.businessinsider.com/pers...-ranked-2019-3

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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    Canadian 'universal' healthcare is notoriously horrible and expensive (not paid by income taxes).
    The Canadian and American Governments both spend the same amount per capita on healthcare. The Canadian Government covers everyone with that, and the American Government covers some Americans most of the way. In other words, the American system is literally several times more expensive.

    The Canadian system just has better outcomes. There is no way around that.

    I would say it is because of some massive cultural difference, but Canada has the closest culture to ours of any nation. It is a failure in our system. I do not think we need a Canadian style system, but we need a system where we pay for our healthcare, rather than trying to figure out a way to skip on the bill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    The Canadian and American Governments both spend the same amount per capita on healthcare.
    And both get very little for it.
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    The Canadian Government covers everyone with that,
    With lousy healthcare, sure.
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    and the American Government covers some Americans most of the way.
    No. Just some, like the military or federal employees.
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    In other words, the American system is literally several times more expensive.
    Nope. People simply buy their healthcare when they need or want it, not at any other time.
    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    The Canadian system just has better outcomes. There is no way around that.
    Lousy healthcare is not a better outcome.
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    I would say it is because of some massive cultural difference, but Canada has the closest culture to ours of any nation.
    Irrelevant.
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    It is a failure in our system.
    Our system hasn't failed.
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    I do not think we need a Canadian style system,
    Yes you do.
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    but we need a system where we pay for our healthcare,
    We do pay for our healthcare, if and when we need or want it.
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    rather than trying to figure out a way to skip on the bill.
    Is that what you do? Skip out on paying the bill?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    The Canadian and American Governments both spend the same amount per capita on healthcare. The Canadian Government covers everyone with that, and the American Government covers some Americans most of the way. In other words, the American system is literally several times more expensive.
    A meaningless claim that ignores the TRUE costs of their system.

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    The Canadian system just has better outcomes. There is no way around that.
    This is nothing more than an OPINION lacking factual reality. Yes, it is great if you like long wait times for even the most basic of care, being placed on wait lists because of a lack of specialists and paying massive taxes.

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    It is a failure in our system.
    This is nothing more than a talking point. Define the failure.

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    ....but we need a system where we pay for our healthcare, rather than trying to figure out a way to skip on the bill.
    This is a talking point based on fabricating a lie. Where do you come up with this bullshit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by American Man View Post
    Canadians actually pay less income tax than Americans do, and yet we Americans still have no universal healthcare, and our infrastructure and public schools still suck.
    we've been unable to keep lib'ruls away from them......
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    we've been unable to keep lib'ruls away from them......
    We've been unable to eradicate con'tards from America.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    We've been unable to eradicate con'tards from America.
    Spoken like a Fascistic moron. Yay you! Are you a child? Or just a moron?


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    Quote Originally Posted by American Man View Post
    Canadians actually pay less income tax than Americans do, and yet we Americans still have no universal healthcare, and our infrastructure and public schools still suck.
    https://www.investopedia.com/financi...americans.aspx
    You're an idiot and didn't comprehend your own link. Canadians pay taxes at much lower income levels and then there are the HST levied on everything. Their cost of goods and fuel are far higher than those of the US.

    It is better for you to remain silent and be thought a moron than to post and remove all doubts. Moron.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    You're an idiot and didn't comprehend your own link. Canadians pay taxes at much lower income levels and then there are the HST levied on everything. Their cost of goods and fuel are far higher than those of the US.

    It is better for you to remain silent and be thought a moron than to post and remove all doubts. Moron.
    I'm only interested in helping people with lower income levels. If you can afford healthcare in the US and still live comfortably, then you should maybe check your privilege for the sake of this discussion.

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