Reminds me of a conversation a few years ago that my wife told me about, which she had with her secretary. For some reason, they were talking about premiers of the provinces. Her secretary told her that she knew of only one, Bob Rae.
What's your opinion on United States Of America?
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Reminds me of a conversation a few years ago that my wife told me about, which she had with her secretary. For some reason, they were talking about premiers of the provinces. Her secretary told her that she knew of only one, Bob Rae.
A large percentage of Canadians wouldn't know the names of premiers in other provinces based on the fact that for most of us there is no need to know (anymore than you'd need to know the top five wanted criminals) . Off the top I doubt if I could come up with five premiers. :lol::lol::lol:.
I really believe that the USA has a lot of great things to offer man, but It is not the Best country in the world.
Canada in by far a much better place to live.
only in Canada can you have Health Care even if you're unemployed.
open spaces, work for all who choose to want to work.
No ridiculous Gun laws like so many US States have.
I would never wanna live in the USA where people are allowed to carry guns concealed or not.
Canada has everything the USA has, plus we don't spend money like it's a disease, spreading it around rampant.
We don't give homes to people who don't qualify, and we don't have millions of people in ridiculous credit problems because they LOVE CREDIT!..
Sure, if you wanna have the ability to buy anything you want and then complain to the Govt enough that they'll wipe out most of it because you're too stupid to realize that you HAVE to pay it back!! it's not free you know..
Canada in by far a much better place to live.
only in Canada can you have Health Care even if you're unemployed.
open spaces, work for all who choose to want to work.
No ridiculous Gun laws like so many US States have.
I would never wanna live in the USA where people are allowed to carry guns concealed or not.
Canada has everything the USA has, plus we don't spend money like it's a disease, spreading it around rampant.
We don't give homes to people who don't qualify, and we don't have millions of people in ridiculous credit problems because they LOVE CREDIT!..
Sure, if you wanna have the ability to buy anything you want and then complain to the Govt enough that they'll wipe out most of it because you're too stupid to realize that you HAVE to pay it back!! it's not free you know..
That indeed is a peculiarity of American people. They ceaselessly bleat about too much government intervention, demanding that government should get out of their lives. And what do they do when there is the first sign of any crises? Why, they run to the government, of course.
Whether it is to bail them out of the mortgage mess that private industry (financial sector) created, or whether it is the BP spill, their first demand is that government do something about it. Their complaint about BP disaster is that Obama isn’t doing enough. Whatever happened to the libertarian spirit? Did that evaporate in a flash at the first sign of a problem?
Which is understandable, they would want government to do something in crises such as mortgage meltdown or the BP disaster. But then why the mealy mouthed complaint about there being too much government in peoples’ lives?
The U.S. offers better living conditions that any other country in the world. We have great programs that help poor people survive. like food stamps, TANF and other services. i think that is great because that shows off that the United States is a great country who cares about its people.
Not me, Bud. You just post stuff that the facts don't support.hahahaha ayeee AnnaG! You always have to get on my way
I agree that the u.s. is a giving country when it comes to poverty across the
world, good for them.
I agree that they are a free society which do well to care for their citizens.
But, for anyone to say that they are the best at all things to do with caring
for their own people, have obviously not looked beyond their own border.
Too bad, that is blindness.
world, good for them.
I agree that they are a free society which do well to care for their citizens.
But, for anyone to say that they are the best at all things to do with caring
for their own people, have obviously not looked beyond their own border.
Too bad, that is blindness.
The U.S. is a country that always have helped other countries in times of crisis and debastation, so think twice before you speak out!
I don’t think anybody doubts that US always has good intentions. Unfortunately, their actions are not always consistent with good intentions.
Their policies are often short sighted. Thus they supported the mujaheedin against Soviets, to help Afghanistan fight off the Communist aggression. Unfortunately they aided an enemy worse than Communism, mujaheedin morphed into the Taliban.
Or they helped Saddam as a counter weight against Iran. They regarded him as a friend, gave him all kind of help (there is the famous photograph of Rumsfeld shaking Saddam’s hand). In that, they aided and abetted a brutal, vicious dictator.
Good intentions are not enough one must look at the result of America’s actions.
Now that I can agree with, but it could help its own poor more than it does.
Americans are fine. America's administration needs a smack upside the head sometimes.
I would amend that slightly to "help it's own poor help themselves" - a lot of poor people keep doing the same things in the same way. :smile:
I was just trying to differentiate between "giving a man a fish" and "teaching the man to fish"...............the first can be detrimental, the latter can be beneficial. :smile::smile: