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Message: <blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 704532" data-attributes="member: 23950">Re: Obamanation here todayI'll be honest with you, back in the 90's , I even applied for jobs in the US.Not because of healthcare though. That subject never crossed my mind. Only, I knew, if a job wouldn't pay for it, then forget it.We had much less healthcare problems (waiting times) back then. It's not until about year 2004, when things got a bit out of hand, as most western cities doubled in population within a 10 year time frame. Not only healthcare, but still infastructure problems that go along with such a growth.The cities here are constantly under new construction (from roads, overpasses, houses, bld's etc).But what attracted me was the value of your dollar back then. $1 US dollar was worth $1.50 Cdn. That would have been a 50% increase in wages. And yes, therefor a better standard of living.And if they meant taxes on cigs and booze.. totally right ! Even paying $1.50 for a US buck, your cigs and booze were still much cheaper then ours.Besides, I never did like the Canadian climate, atleast not where I live.But, since then a whole decade has passed. Dollar is at par, Canada is doing well (wasn't in the 90's), we are still in a housing boom, ran budget and trade surpluses for over that decade, paid down debt (Alberta became debtfree within 7 years, even though it was forecasted to take 25 years).And , to be honest. Thats why I critisize the US these days. You had it soo gooooood !!! And you blew it all away.Canada seems to go with the flow, and with the times. Since I have been living here, again (since 1987), I have seen major changes.:-Got rid of a manufacturing tax, replaced that with GST. (made exports cheaper)-Free trade agreement with USA, subsequencly with other countries.-Opened the markets more for foreign investments.- probably changed our money 3 times by now , new change comming later next year...to become the most secure banknote on earth (made out of really thin plastic... like the Aussie dollar).- the current budget cuts government jobs... we been told to wait longer for government services, such as getting a passport... instead of 3 weeks, could take 4 weeks.- One thing Canada does well, like wkmac mentioned, if we have a budget deficit 1 year, we try to fix and solve the problem the following year, not leave it up to grand and great grand children to pay. Americans , in the other hand, have been living off thier great , great, great and beyond grandchildren for too long. The US had no bufferzone whatsoever when this recession hit.And that hurt, and will continue to hurt.Lue, if you had those canadian co-workers e-mail addys, and asked them again. I bet they wouldn't want to trade now.You know for yourself, the future of the USA is not predictable and unstable at this moment.Which even scares me, being an investor, and a lot of my retirement depends on.So, if I give you guys a hard time now and then, and just ask for some change in the right direction. Don't take that offensive, because I do want the US to succeed and overcome these harder times. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful    :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" />btw: not sure if every plane or jet line is SAE, I doubt it though, surely not the airbus, maybe not even the Bombadier.I know Nasa is metric. So are hospitals, and medication. Even your coke is a 2 liter bottle ! Oh, and wine and likor bottles too. Otherwise you couldn't export them.</blockquote>

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