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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 704441" data-attributes="member: 23950">Re: Obamanation here today&nbsp;You know, I just discovered why my debit card wouldn&#039;t work at Merchants in the USA. It worked in Iceland, Germany, but not good ol&#039;e USA.What is it about America, that they need to be years and years behind in time ?&nbsp;My debit problem : You don&#039;t have chip technoligy, yet ! :FAQ&#039;s:Will Canadians be able to use chip cards outside of the country?Yes. Many countries, particularly in Europe, have already successfully adopted chip technology and Canadian chip cards will be fully compatible with these systems.&nbsp;In countries that have yet to switch to chip technology, such as the United States, cardholders will still be able to use their cards because they’ll continue to have a magnetic stripe, ATM use only.&nbsp;Then there is your healthcare... way behind all other industrial countries.Your money, easy to counterfeit. Since a decade or so finally changed a bit... but , again way later then any other country.All industrialized and European Nations use metric or converted to metric. Good ol&#039;e USA has to stay old.&nbsp;Then you have the guts to blame Obama for job losses ?No, he wanted change. And he made a historical one.1st step in the right direction to compete globally, and hopefully he has more fresh ideas, that America doesn&#039;t become to outdated, like a little bigger Island on this earth.&nbsp;There were many other things I noticed, that wern&#039;t up to our or Europes standards. The US trade deficit speaks for itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 704441, member: 23950"] [b]Re: Obamanation here today[/b] You know, I just discovered why my debit card wouldn't work at Merchants in the USA. It worked in Iceland, Germany, but not good ol'e USA. What is it about America, that they need to be years and years behind in time ? My debit problem : You don't have chip technoligy, yet ! : [COLOR=darkred]FAQ's:[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]Will Canadians be able to use chip cards outside of the country?[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]Yes. Many countries, particularly in Europe, have already successfully adopted chip technology and Canadian chip cards will be fully compatible with these systems.[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]In countries that have yet to switch to chip technology, such as the United States, cardholders will still be able to use their cards because they’ll continue to have a magnetic stripe, ATM use only.[/COLOR] Then there is your healthcare... way behind all other industrial countries. Your money, easy to counterfeit. Since a decade or so finally changed a bit... but , again way later then any other country. All industrialized and European Nations use metric or converted to metric. Good ol'e USA has to stay old. Then you have the guts to blame Obama for job losses ? No, he wanted change. And he made a historical one. 1st step in the right direction to compete globally, and hopefully he has more fresh ideas, that America doesn't become to outdated, like a little bigger Island on this earth. There were many other things I noticed, that wern't up to our or Europes standards. The US trade deficit speaks for itself. [/QUOTE]

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