OK socialists, here you go: my income

emprworm · November 20, 2004

I'm from Washington state, one of the more left states in the US.

exatreide · November 20, 2004

cry about it. You moved their, you moved away from your precious republican stronghold america, Its your fault :)

Caid Ivik · November 20, 2004

27 000 $ is about 810 000 crowns, what is approximately a yearly wage of minister in slovak government...

nemafakei · November 20, 2004

40% is a perfectly good sum. And 17.5% Value Added Tax is what we have here, though it does not apply to some staple items.

"WHere is all this tax money going?"

Well, tell us, then. Where IS it going, in your view, and why is that unsuitable?

"Not to the poor! Canada has HIGHER poverty than the US. "

So? That means it's going to relatively more of them.

Dude_Doc · November 20, 2004

Typical. More money = more corruption.

nemafakei · November 20, 2004

So the richest countries in the world are the most corrupt?

TMA_1 · November 20, 2004

damn straight ex, that is the perfect rebuttle to the argument.

DukeLeto · November 20, 2004

What empy neglects to mention is that that $27,000 USD there has about the same purchasing power as $40,000+ USD here.

He also neglects the fact that if you can't afford to pay for your own medical care, the "waiting in line" is a hell of a lot better than the options you'd have here: eaither A)huge debts/bankruptcy, or B)death.

Davidu · November 20, 2004

Healthcare is collapsing everywhere.

Here we pay taxes for healthcare, we must have health isurance ( and pay it, of course), yet the hospitals get closed, there are salary cuts for doctors, and more and more people working in healthcare are getting fired. And when we go to a doctor, well, we have to pay a fee, don't we? A little something for the doctor...

So, why cry about it? You're not the only one.

(Before 1983 it was far better 'round here.)

If it was up to me, they should just f*ck off with their taxes. Only in a direct democracy, the money would be used properly. And there isn't a direct democracy in the whole world.

... I'm just pissed off today, so don't mind me... :-

VigilVirus · November 21, 2004

So, is this meant as something more than a thread filled with whining? Whining doesn't start good debates.

thomas · November 21, 2004

would you like cheese with your whine empy?

DukeLeto · November 21, 2004

Now, how long until he comes on and accuses us of being "commies" and having had our minds "poisoned by the liberal media." Then, let's see...ah, he'll ramble on about he should get to keep all his "hard-earned" money, that the disadvantadged are just lazy bums, and that he shouldn't have to wait in line just so the poor, dying people can have their lives saved before he gets his sprain bandaged. Then he'll talk about how corrupt the Canadian government is, how perfect the republican government of the US is, and he'll wrap up by saying he's "gonna bring some coservative common sense to Canada."

Not that I'm calling emprworm predictible or anything.

Davidu · November 21, 2004

Hey, guys, the healthcare subject is delicate everywhere.

F*ck the taxes... but the sanitation is serious.

Andrew · November 21, 2004

Yah, in the USA people try to get out of hospitals fast because you go bankrupt. I thought I heard it was $500 a night in a hospital bed. ouch.

Good thing in Canada you can be in a hospital bed for 2 months and not have to pay out anything near $30 000 (assuming $500/night a bed) (also drugs are expensive in the US).

Davidu · November 21, 2004

If nothing else, only the fee will kill you. Heart-attack.

DukeLeto · November 21, 2004

Yah, in the USA people try to get out of hospitals fast because you go bankrupt. I thought I heard it was $500 a night in a hospital bed. ouch.

When my aunt had her heart attack, the insurance company was being billed about $1,500 a day, not including costs of the operation.

And my mother's diabetes medication would be about $80 a month without insurance; it's still $25 with.

It's rediculous the prices of healthcare here. And now the government wants to limit medicare and reduce the amounts insurance companies have to pay. Unbeleivable.

Davidu · November 21, 2004

I'd understand the CHinese, because they have to limit their population. But the USA?

thomas · November 21, 2004

no drug price cap like canada >:(

I hate you andrew, go enjoy your cheap drugs >:(

Andrew · November 22, 2004

no drug proce cap like canada >:(

What?

proce ?

SurlyPIG · November 22, 2004

I believe he meant drug price cap not drug proce cap.

Caid Ivik · November 22, 2004

Healthcare is a problem, because in situation, when we try to face quickly evolving diseases with stronger drugs is needed portion of honor from all parties involved - doctor, patient, insurance, pharmaceutical producer as well as distribuer, as hospital's pharmacy cannot produce everything (and our minister of health thinks it cannot produce anything). Doctors make recipes for the dearest drugs, patient doesn't follow it, insurance pays only what has in hand (or what its chiefs allows), producers make patents over their drugs and distribuers fight for a monopole. To remember Egeides' words, only way to put this to an order is to limit this waste...

emprworm · November 22, 2004

What empy neglects to mention is that that $27,000 USD there has about the same purchasing power as $40,000+ USD here.
He also neglects the fact that if you can't afford to pay for your own medical care, the "waiting in line" is a hell of a lot better than the options you'd have here: eaither A)huge debts/bankruptcy, or B)death.

lol, aint that a lie!

My wife and I buy groceries in the US because nearly everything is cheaper down there, AFTER the conversion! A single snickers bar in a Canadian grocery store in BC costs from .99 - 1.29!!

WOw! In the states, you get snickers 3 for .99 in Safeway on sale, or .50 at walmart regular price.

1.29 for a snickers is even MORE than the US. not to mention BC will charge you a hefty tax.

so, no, purchasing power in Canada is NOT stronger than the US. The US dollar to Canadian is exceptionally WEAK right now, or have you not been watching the news??? Since apparently you live in a stone box, The US dollar against Canada is the lowest its been in more than a decade.

nemafakei · November 22, 2004

Where do you think the taxes are going, then, Emprworm?

Digital Guerrilla · November 23, 2004

Emprworm how can you move to Canada complain about the taxes and say the US is better it was your choice to move.

GUNWOUNDS · November 23, 2004

Emprworm how can you move to Canada complain about the taxes and say the US is better it was your choice to move.

Just because it was his choice to move i dont see how that prohibits him from complaining.

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