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# You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.-- Frank Zappa
Originally posted by powerbomb1123
If Canada didn't have such high taxes it would be almost as powerful as america. Socialism sucks
Originally posted by FritosBBQTwist
The idea that some of you judge an entire country based on a weeks stay in a certain area is absurd. Canada may not have everything to my liking, but I respect the people and the country itself for being one of peace.
Originally posted by semperfoo
Originally posted by selfless
Originally posted by condorgirl
Perhaps our 'socialist' country just cares about our people a little more.
I'm sorry, but perhaps you are unaware of USA supplying weapons to the wars in Africa and other countries? they don't give their new stuff either i guess they just want to get rid of their old weapons to make money off of them in-stead of destroying them so that other countries could not destroy them selves with cheap left over weapons they sell just to make a buck at the expense of other countries.
Yeah, USA really cares more about other countries when it suites their agenda and that is mostly MONEY over people.
The US gives more money in foreign aid then the rest of the world combined. US aid to africa outstrips Europe 15 to 1... I think the US does alot that goes unnoticed because anything that paints the US in a lighter picture is frowned upon by ppl like you.. get a life.
Originally posted by darcon
reply to post by FlyersFan
Yes, staw away from the separatists, #ing complain more than anyone, and our government always gives into their demands, quebec is considered a nation inside a nation now.
Originally posted by Burginthorn
I live in Australia, but come the end of this year my wife and I are going to Canada to see what its like. If it suits our needs, we will be making applications to move there permanently.
Australia is, no, was a great country. But over the last 10 - 15 years I have watched our nation turn into a politically correct, police state.
Extremely high taxes, a hopeless health care system (even if you pay for health insurance as we both do) more speed camera's on our roads than anywhere else on the planet (road toll hasn't changed, but that doesn't stop the Govt from raking in billions each year) housing costs that are SO high, the average family can no longer afford to buy. Hoon laws - thats a new one, if you get caught doing burnouts, excessive speeding, basically the typical things young people like do in hotted up cars, the police confiscate your vehicle and sell it at auction, with proceeds going straight to Govt coffers. I dont think communist countries even stooped to that level. And every year it gets worse, with new laws, new taxes, new ways of sucking the last drops of your hard earned out of your pockets.
We've had enough and are hoping Canada allows us to go back to a time where life is simple again.
Originally posted by darcon Not being an arsehole, just stating fact.