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Bert Robbins wrote:
Don White wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

thunder wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:34:27 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


We have about 12 to 15 million people that want a better place to live
than central America and I wonder why they have not just passed
through
the US to Canada?



What makes you think they aren't? Canada is more welcoming to the
migrant, with a net migration rate of 5.85 migrants/1000. This is
opposed to the U.S. rate of 3.18/1000. As with most First World
nations,
Canada uses immigration to maintain a growing economy. Canada also
has a considerable illegal migrant issue. The difference is
they make it easier for the illegal to become legal than we do.



How many unskilled persons have been allowed to immigrate into Canada
within the last 25 years? Remember, I said unskilled persons have
been allowed to immigrate into Canada? Allowing wealth people from
Asia and Europe doesn't count.


Go to Toronto and see who's immigrating.


My next trip to Canada will be to visit Quebec City.


You'd better leave your attitude home when you visit there. The
residents of that area can be much more sensitive than Montreal citizens.

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NOYB wrote:
"thunder" wrote in message
...

As we were comparing Canadian and US systems, I'd
be willing to bet, if a survey were done, that Canadians are happier with
their health care system, than we are with ours.


Not *my* patients. Unless, of course, they happen to be Canadian. Why do
they spend thousands down here with me if they can get if for free up there?



You know better than that. Dental care is not included in our system....
unless you happen to be 10 years old or younger in Nova Scotia.

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Bert Robbins wrote:
Don White wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

Don White wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

JimH wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

JimH wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..

Don White wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Jack Goff wrote:

The separation between yourself and Jack Goff (childish
namecalling
and all...) is immense. I'm superior in every way. I
even live in a
superior country. I'm sorry for you, Don. :-)



Don't know why you run from your nickname, Jackoff. It
suits you to a tee.



Jackoff should stick with what he does best.
The United Nations lists Canada as one of the best 3 or 4
places in the
world to live year after year.



The US is down in the dumper on most serious places ratings
surveys.



Such as?



Here's one. There are several about:

http://www.economist.com/theworldin/...3372495&d=2005




ROTF! The Economist? Nothing more than a European rag as
obviously reflected in their ratings.




Absurd. The Economist is one of the most respected publications
in the world. And as I said there are any number such surveys
extant. The US no longer leads the pack in such important areas
as democracy, freedom of the press, lowest infant mortality
rates, availability of health care, et cetera.

Finland, usually, leads the pack of quality nations.




Finland? A socialistic country? This is funny. Tell me more.


I'll make you a deal. You explain why a socialist country could
not rate higher in terms of satisfaction, and if you do that, I'll
spend my entire afternoon finding links for you, and not insult
you at all.


Their citizens, or captives, don't know any better or they just
enjoy having everything feed to them in small portions.

Why do Canadian's come to the US for health care? Because they can
see a doctor or get an MRI next week rather the 10 months from now.




If you don't mind paying $700.00 - 800.00 out of pocket, you can get
an MRI scan within a week or two here at a private clinic.



And, percentage of your income do you gladly give to your national
and provincial governments every year?


0%


Harry should scold you for not willingly giving of your hard labor to
your fellow man.


You said gladly. The biggest problem with our Health Care System is the
Federal Gov't. They balanced their budget and now show a surplus each
year thanks to cutbacks to education and health. They only provide
between a third or a half of the percentage they contributed originally.
Poorer provinces. like mine (12 billion in debt), struggle to meet the
costs while rich provinces like Alberta (paid off it's debt last year)
actually gives it's citizens a rebate on taxes paid.

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thunder wrote:
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:52:57 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:



Is giving half of my income to the government work 2.65 years of living?
Don't know haven't figured that one out yet.


I think you have it backwards. The US pays 15% GDP for health care,
Canada @ 10%. As I have said before, in the global marketplace, that is a
major disadvantage.

And where to you get "half of my income"? Canada's tax structure isn't
that much different than the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Canada


The province of Alberta probably compares well against most states. Low
provincial income tax and no provincial sales tax. Just the opposite here.

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JimH wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...

Bert Robbins wrote:

thunder wrote:


On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:34:27 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:



We have about 12 to 15 million people that want a better place to live
than central America and I wonder why they have not just passed through
the US to Canada?


What makes you think they aren't? Canada is more welcoming to the
migrant, with a net migration rate of 5.85 migrants/1000. This is
opposed to the U.S. rate of 3.18/1000. As with most First World
nations,
Canada uses immigration to maintain a growing economy. Canada also has a
considerable illegal migrant issue. The difference is
they make it easier for the illegal to become legal than we do.


How many unskilled persons have been allowed to immigrate into Canada
within the last 25 years? Remember, I said unskilled persons have been
allowed to immigrate into Canada? Allowing wealth people from Asia and
Europe doesn't count.


Go to Toronto and see who's immigrating.


Toronto is indeed a nice place to visit and we may do so again next year on
our trip next year to Baltimore, New York City, Boston and Freeport, Maine.

The last time we were in Toronto was in the early 1990's. ;-)


Bert thinks we only accept rich people who can buy there way in.
There seems to be a two tier system depending on where you come from.
Toronto has hundreds of thousand of people from places like the
Caribbean (Jamaica)who come to do a lot of the menial work with the hope
of a better life for the kids.

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Eisboch wrote:
" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..


Toronto is indeed a nice place to visit and we may do so again next year
on our trip next year to Baltimore, New York City, Boston and Freeport,
Maine.



If you come to Boston, stay out of the tunnels.

Eisboch


I wonder if Jim can pick up something for me when he's in L.L. Bean's?

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 3 Aug 2006 06:16:27 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 3 Aug 2006 04:32:37 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 2 Aug 2006 12:51:29 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 2 Aug 2006 06:11:49 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Slow steady wins the race.

I don't think John Force would buy into that.

John Force is an idiot.

And drag racing sucks - unless it's on the street and it's a
Mustang
or some crappy rice burner.

That's when the 'Vette teaches 'em a lesson. :)

John Force is a self made multi millionaire. He started with
nothing,
made a fortune. Drag racing is one of the most technologically
advanced
forms of piston engine racing there is.

Right.

Ever hear of F1 racing?

Yes, why? Drag racing is still one of the most technologically advanced
forms of piston engine racing there is. At 6000+ horsepower, an F1
engine is a horsepower midget in comparison at around 750 hp.

John Force probably started with much less than you, and built a
multi million dollar conglomerate. Have you?

Yep.

Yeah, sure......

Stick to things you know about Bassy...

Just what is it in this previous post that you are eluding to that I
don't know? Be specific.

Specific? Sure.

You're a tautological buffoon who sits in his mother's basement
endlessly trying to emulate his intellectual superiors by engaging in
fruitless argument over anything and everything all the while never
realizing that he is merely dribbling and drooling vacuous statements
in a torrent of mental masturbation leading to the self-delusion that
he is brilliantly mastering the subject when in fact those who
actually contribute meaningful, educated and literate commentary on
both sides of any discussion secretly laugh their collective asses off
watching the one man clown show that is you.

Specific enough?

LMAO!!!! I don't think it could have been said any better.....or more
accurate.

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"Rap" alive and well on rec.boats!



basskisser wrote:

Deserve no response, huh?
Why did you respond?

Deserve no response, huh?
Did you or did you not killfile me?

Deserve no response, huh?
Did you or did you not just last week go around all holy acting telling
everyone to not post off topic, etc?

Deserve no response huh?
Do you really think that the "Bush administration" is just him, and his
immediate crime family?

Deserve no response huh?
I guess from someone who's only ability to debate is childish name
calling and petty insults, that'd be about right.

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Don White wrote:
Bert Robbins wrote:
Don White wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

thunder wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:34:27 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


We have about 12 to 15 million people that want a better place to
live
than central America and I wonder why they have not just passed
through
the US to Canada?



What makes you think they aren't? Canada is more welcoming to the
migrant, with a net migration rate of 5.85 migrants/1000. This is
opposed to the U.S. rate of 3.18/1000. As with most First World
nations,
Canada uses immigration to maintain a growing economy. Canada also
has a considerable illegal migrant issue. The difference is
they make it easier for the illegal to become legal than we do.



How many unskilled persons have been allowed to immigrate into
Canada within the last 25 years? Remember, I said unskilled persons
have been allowed to immigrate into Canada? Allowing wealth people
from Asia and Europe doesn't count.


Go to Toronto and see who's immigrating.


My next trip to Canada will be to visit Quebec City.


You'd better leave your attitude home when you visit there. The
residents of that area can be much more sensitive than Montreal citizens.

I am one of the most friendly and easy going people you will ever meet.
If we were ever to meet and we didn't know who each other was we would
get along just fine.
But all of you sanctimonious assholes in this group are fun to **** off
and on.

The only problem I had in Montreal, when I visited on vacation a few
years ago was that I couldn't stop laughing every time I saw a guy
wearing Capri pants. I told my 14 yo nephew about it and he didn't
believe me. Then when we took him on our vacation to NH and MA last year
he saw a guy, obviously French, in Boston wearing Capri pants he
apologized for not believing me.

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Bert Robbins wrote:
Don White wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

Don White wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:

thunder wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:34:27 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


We have about 12 to 15 million people that want a better place to
live
than central America and I wonder why they have not just passed
through
the US to Canada?




What makes you think they aren't? Canada is more welcoming to the
migrant, with a net migration rate of 5.85 migrants/1000. This is
opposed to the U.S. rate of 3.18/1000. As with most First World
nations,
Canada uses immigration to maintain a growing economy. Canada also
has a considerable illegal migrant issue. The difference is
they make it easier for the illegal to become legal than we do.




How many unskilled persons have been allowed to immigrate into
Canada within the last 25 years? Remember, I said unskilled persons
have been allowed to immigrate into Canada? Allowing wealth people
from Asia and Europe doesn't count.


Go to Toronto and see who's immigrating.



My next trip to Canada will be to visit Quebec City.


You'd better leave your attitude home when you visit there. The
residents of that area can be much more sensitive than Montreal citizens.


I am one of the most friendly and easy going people you will ever meet.
If we were ever to meet and we didn't know who each other was we would
get along just fine.
But all of you sanctimonious assholes in this group are fun to **** off
and on.

** as mentioned above **

The only problem I had in Montreal, when I visited on vacation a few
years ago was that I couldn't stop laughing every time I saw a guy
wearing Capri pants. I told my 14 yo nephew about it and he didn't
believe me. Then when we took him on our vacation to NH and MA last year
he saw a guy, obviously French, in Boston wearing Capri pants he
apologized for not believing me.