blod wrote on 01/20/25 at 17:32:36:

 
A-Yep  

“… as with many Canadian misconceptions, this is a case of them mistaking themselves for Americans.  …”

“… There’s also the other part of the Charter where provincial governments can steamroll any freedom they want, provided they publicly announce that they’re doing so. …”

“… The Supreme Court said in 1993 that “Canadians, unlike Americans do not have a constitutional right to bear arms.  …”

"... the first vaccine mandates were introduced in Canada.  ..."

"... The federal government imposed mandatory vaccinations on federal public servants. ..."

Eegore wrote on 01/24/25 at 11:32:43:


I don't believe in taking any risks with my life, I only have the one.  

Feel free to do whatever you want with yours though.  

ThumperPaul wrote on 01/24/25 at 13:08:32:


Yet another dimwit American !!

 Why do any of you care if a Canadian is getting free Canadian healthcare?  Even if that healthcare is free from the US?  Because he said something bad about the US?  Who cares.

I’m not sure whom you are talking to, but I kinda take offense to being called a dimwit American for finding it ignorantly laughable that someone calls it “free healthcare”.


 By comparison to the US healthcare system, it is more "free" than "paid" when receiving services by my logic simply because a human is not charged for the direct medical service.  Like a buy one get one free item at a store.  Not free, but I wasn't directly charged for it, so it's more "free" to me than explaining how percentage markups on other items mitigate the non-charged item by passing cost through other items.

 Technically nothing is "free" when it comes to Government services, so in that regard there is no "free" anything if a human has ever paid any taxes.

 Like how I can freely travel from State to State.  Technically I can't because I don't use private property to do it.  I have "free" speech, but technically 1st Amendment violations are handled in US courts so I pay for that right.  I'd say just about anything can be challenged in that way.

Eegore wrote on 01/25/25 at 05:45:52:


I don't care, but quite a few people here seem to care a lot, I hope they explain why. 

Eegore wrote on 01/25/25 at 10:36:01:


They care because they don't get Canadian healthcare.

I'll add my opinion. I am a Trump voting Republican btw. I agree with blod. I get a lot of scoffing from my peers but oh well. I do think healthcare should be cheap/free for all citizens and permanent residents.

I don't think Democrats have a good solution though. They are all talk and no action. Democrats all of a sudden forget about healthcare once they have power.  The rest of their platform is just straight insanity to me. Republican politicians simply ignore the problem. Screwed by both sides.

I could rant on about other topics too. My views completely changed once I got hired by a European company operating in the US. The difference between working for a European ran company vs an American company is absolutely staggering. I actually feel human rather than just another number.