Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:47 AM
vinny9698 (252 posts)
Canadians have more wealth than AmericansLast edited Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:49 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
They were talking about this on Morning Joe, but nobody mentioned:
Canadians do not have to go bankrupt because of health care Canadians have reasonable college tuition 50% of Canadians have paid off their mortgage so have more disposable income to save Canadians have strong Unions so they have higher wages Canadians have strong banking regulations, no sub primes allowed If we had this policies in our country we would also have a higher income Also why doesn't Morning Joe identify Corker as rep for Bank of America, he is on their payroll.
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| vinny9698 | Aug 2012 | OP | |
| 1-Old-Man | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Remmah2 | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| dipsydoodle | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| Lucy Goosey | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| CTyankee | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| Blue_Tires | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| Lucy Goosey | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| Edweird | Aug 2012 | #8 | |
| Egalitarian Thug | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| GreenPartyVoter | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| Lucy Goosey | Aug 2012 | #11 | |
| GreenPartyVoter | Aug 2012 | #12 |
Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:51 AM
1-Old-Man (1,485 posts)
1. Most people don't know the difference between a pocket full of cash and wealth
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and most of those people have no wealth at all.
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Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:53 AM
Remmah2 (3,291 posts)
2. They have better beer.
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What else do they need?
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Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:57 AM
dipsydoodle (32,696 posts)
3. 50% of Canadians have paid off their mortgages
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Sounds like they didn't fall into the trap of remortaging so's they could effectively consume their own home.
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Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #3)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:13 AM
Lucy Goosey (2,940 posts)
4. Mortgages are much more regulated in Canada
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Canada is very far from perfect, but even our generally-horrible Conservative government has implemented stricter regulation of mortgages. The whole sub-prime implosion never happened here because those sub-prime mortgages were never legal here.
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Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:21 AM
CTyankee (35,117 posts)
5. Joe always skirts the mention of how well socialized medicine works in other countries.
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He talks and talks about rising health care costs here but never gets to the core issue which is our for profit health care system. It's amazing...
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Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:26 AM
Blue_Tires (31,757 posts)
6. They also have a (slightly) better national hockey team...
Response to Blue_Tires (Reply #6)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:35 AM
Lucy Goosey (2,940 posts)
7. Correction: Canada has TWO (slightly) better hockey teams
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The women's team is pretty awesome, too.
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Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:44 AM
Edweird (8,570 posts)
8. +1 Canada out FDR'rd us.
Response to Edweird (Reply #8)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:08 AM
Egalitarian Thug (7,221 posts)
10. If he'd lived just a few more years we would be so much better off today
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we wouldn't recognize this nation.
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed. Every one of today's problems, problems that 'our' Democrats just can't seem to do anything about are addressed in this list of unrecognized human rights. |
Response to vinny9698 (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:56 AM
GreenPartyVoter (64,722 posts)
9. I wonder how much tuition is for international students?
Response to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #9)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:11 AM
Lucy Goosey (2,940 posts)
11. At my Alma Mater...
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...the University of Ottawa, it's about $9000 per semester for undergrad Arts. That's tuition and incidentals, not living expenses. So it's not cheap, really.
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Response to Lucy Goosey (Reply #11)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:45 AM
GreenPartyVoter (64,722 posts)
12. Yeah, might be just as cheap to keep them here, but I wanted to
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Last edited Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:45 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) marry them off to a couple of sweet Canadian girls like their grandmother, and I thought college would be the place for them to meet some. So much for that theory! LOL
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