Cadillac med plan = more income

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Well MAYBE my example was a bit extreme. but the principle is there. If you spent the amount of $$$ that we do on military, your taxes would double. Thank God our present government thinks its a great idea to get massive loans from China to pay for it.

A (very large) part of the reason Canada doesn't need much military spending, is that they don't spend nearly as much time pissing people off as we do.

The only people who hate Canadians, are French Canadians, and they hate everybody.

JC

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

A (very large) part of the reason Canada doesn't need much military spending, is that they don't spend nearly as much time pissing people off as we do.

There's definitely a lot of truth to this statement. In our defense, though, Canada is one of the MANY countries that benefit from US power projection. As nations, we agree on the really important stuff, for the most part (for instance, as a rule we both frown upon pouring acid on our daughters). So while I don't think Canada would be in danger of a North Korean occupation if we suddenly mothballed our fleet, I do think our military strength works to Canada's advantage. But the only faces people remember to hate are US faces.

Considering we have 10x their population and about 15x their economy size, the our share of that particular workload seems proportionate.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

A (very large) part of the reason Canada doesn't need much military spending, is that they don't spend nearly as much time pissing people off as we do.

The only people who hate Canadians, are French Canadians, and they hate everybody.

JC

Unlike the Old World French, they don't hate American tourists. Or perhaps they love money more.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Same to what?

Lot of variety out there

http://people.howstuffworks.com/10-h...ms1.htm#page=0
http://www.who.int/whr/previous/en/

It was a rhetorical question. None of them are the same. Even if our government tried to exactly model the same system as Canada the results will be different. With the federal government involved I'm betting will be in a shitty direction though.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by RACER X

you think the canadian system is better? it's not. there's only 5-6 canadians on here. thats 1/2 the popuation there, and none of canadians posters here are illegals.

That is your arguement? 'It's not'? Really. And when have you been to Canada, when have you studied our healthcare? Thats right, you haven't. But you read Wikipedia one time, I guess that makes you right.

Its one thing when people have a good arguement, or when people like OSP explain the state of your government being the reason it won't work down there. But you have never had a good arguement for anything, ever.

I guess using taxes for healthcare wouldn't work down there anyway, since most of your population has no jobs to pay taxes with.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Didn't know Iraq & Afghanistan were about "protection"

Oh, I know, Saddam COULD have one day created bio or nukes, but he wouldn't have wasted them on friggin CANADA

Ummm, be realistic here, fool. If there were any country worth attacking and stealing their resources, it would be us. We have millions of square miles of metal minerals, oil, lumber, and more fresh water than most of the rest of the world combined.

We have enough natural resources, along with refinement capacity, to close our borders to trade and be self sufficient and self sustaining for the next 300 years. We don't, because we are peaceful and well liked, but we are one of the only countries in the world who would be capable of sustaining our population without and standard of living without any outside help.

It makes me laugh when people make foolish statements such as 'why would anyone want to invade Canada'... Ummm, maybe because our Natural resources are more abundant than any two other countries combined?

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Ummm, be realistic here, fool. If there were any country worth attacking and stealing their resources, it would be us. We have millions of square miles of metal minerals, oil, lumber, and more fresh water than most of the rest of the world combined.

We have enough natural resources, along with refinement capacity, to close our borders to trade and be self sufficient and self sustaining for the next 300 years. We don't, because we are peaceful and well liked, but we are one of the only countries in the world who would be capable of sustaining our population without and standard of living without any outside help.

It makes me laugh when people make foolish statements such as 'why would anyone want to invade Canada'... Ummm, maybe because our Natural resources are more abundant than any two other countries combined?

truth

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Ummm, be realistic here, fool. If there were any country worth attacking and stealing their resources, it would be us. We have millions of square miles of metal minerals, oil, lumber, and more fresh water than most of the rest of the world combined.

We have enough natural resources, along with refinement capacity, to close our borders to trade and be self sufficient and self sustaining for the next 300 years. We don't, because we are peaceful and well liked, but we are one of the only countries in the world who would be capable of sustaining our population without and standard of living without any outside help.

It makes me laugh when people make foolish statements such as 'why would anyone want to invade Canada'... Ummm, maybe because our Natural resources are more abundant than any two other countries combined?

Oh yeah?

Well we have Cleveland, so fuck you!

JC

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Apoc

We don't, because we are peaceful and well liked,

And it pumps shit tons of money in to your economy.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Oh yeah?

Well we have Cleveland, so fuck you!

JC

Are you proud of it, or threatening to give Cleveland to us?