Pellaken
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the title of this was made to be provackative. please dont reply and say "no its not" cause I know its not. especialy for someone from Sweden to say this. but most people who surf the forums are american, and compared to america, Canada is socialist. Is this really bad? well, thats what we will discuss.
The Good
Canada has a number of outragous socialist things, like the fact that the government pays for our educaiton, below grade 12, and that they pay older people pensions, as well as giving welfare to those that are not working (yes, these are all socialist belifs. communisim dident fail, it merged with capatlisim to create what we have today) in canada, these things are pretty well the same as in the US. people in canada can retire at 65, but some retire earlier, and with some penalities, the government will still give you money.
Canada has 3 toll highways. the 407, which runs north of Toronto. a section of the 104, in Nova Scotia, and a section of highway 5 in BC. there were plans to put a toll on highway 2, in New Brunswisk, but there was such backlash, that the party supporting eliminating tolls won a landslide in the last election, and they did away with them {there were other reasons they won too} another reason for removing the tolls was because highway 2 was part of the Trans-Canada. this highway spans the nation. half the funding is provided by the federal government, the rest by the province. it tends to be well-maintained, and is a major transporation link for millions. our major highway would have to be the 401. which runs though totonto and southern ontario. it has an average of 12-16 lanes total, and moves millions a way. highway's 400, 404, in ontario, and 20 and 40 in quebec are also major arteries. if you look at a map of the 2 naitons, where toll roads are a seperate color {lets say, like the map I have, non-toll is blue, and toll is purple} you will see the US is a very purple country, compared to canada, which is blue.
in Canada, the government regulates electricty prices. this keeps them from 'raping' this consumers, by charging them higher prices then they can afford. in Canada, you DIE without electricty and heat, and Canadians just arent willing to stomach that.
In Canada, our government pays for a large portion of tuition to university. what inspired me to write this was hearing of a girl that went to a univerity in rhode island, payed herself, and worked full-time 40 hours a week. sometimes she had to give up studing just to work. she went from a grade A student, to failing some courses, cause she had to work so much. all this effort into work, and she still ended $40,000 in debt. in canadian money, thats like $60,000, and even that is a few thousand short. I'd rather kil myself then go that far into debt, frankley. Canada has a comprehensive student-loan program to pay for the parts of the university that you cannot pay for. tuition is high here, but atleast I wont need to go into bankrupsey after university... I hope I wont need to... anyways, when I'm Prime Minister, the government will make university education eathier much cheaper or free! a 66% reduction is, I think, best, though.
in canada, we have the government funded CBC. a major media company. as far as I know, the largest, geographically, in the world. we have CBC radio which every canadian can pick up on thier radio, we have CBC TV, which most canadians can pick up on thier TV's. the CBC is a very good thing, in short. in canada we have the government funded airline, Air Canada. it is rather large, and has a near monopoly over air flights in canada. It has failed as a business, however. the government needed to bail it out.
one of the biggest socialist things we have is public health care. it means then when I go to the doctors, like I will do tomarrow, that I dont have to pay anything. it means if I get sick and have to go to the hospital, and take an ambulance, like I have, that I dont have to pay anything. certain things are not covered. mostley the 'big' tings. I dont think that that radiation cancer treatment is covered, for instance. but most basic health care things are covered by the government.
The Bad
these things cause problems. as canadians know, our health care system is failing. like the US, our education system has flaws, and as prevousley states, Air Canada is a falure. like the extreme example of the USSR, we can see the problem. socialist businesses are more then just oxymorons, they are things that dont work unless work is put into making them work. our health care system is worse then that of the US, so are most of our other government funded tings that the US government dosent fund. why? simple, profit helps these companies do better, and the government wants the poor to afford things, so profit takes a hit. weather you'd rather see a company give you a grade A item, and have somone not afford it, or have a grade B item, that everyone can afford. is up to you. after reading all of this, I hope you'd choose the latter when it comes to needed items.
The Ugly
one of the worst things about the canadian system has to be the taxes. gas on PEI is 74.1 cents per liter. thats canadian money, though, so its about 55.7 US. per gallon, that would be $2.228 per gallon we also pay, in PEI, 17.7% sales tax. most of canada, its 15%. we pay higher income taxes too. property taxes are, last I recall about 7%, here. in the end, 51-53% of all the money we make, in canada, goes to the government. I have lived with it, so its possible. with the lower cost for things (since the government pays for it) I think it pretty well balances out. all we are really doing is "robbing from the rish to give to the poor" ah, that robin hood... a socialist at heart
so this is my country. the land I love. yet I find it odd... most canadians are just happy "not to be the USA"
The Good
Canada has a number of outragous socialist things, like the fact that the government pays for our educaiton, below grade 12, and that they pay older people pensions, as well as giving welfare to those that are not working (yes, these are all socialist belifs. communisim dident fail, it merged with capatlisim to create what we have today) in canada, these things are pretty well the same as in the US. people in canada can retire at 65, but some retire earlier, and with some penalities, the government will still give you money.
Canada has 3 toll highways. the 407, which runs north of Toronto. a section of the 104, in Nova Scotia, and a section of highway 5 in BC. there were plans to put a toll on highway 2, in New Brunswisk, but there was such backlash, that the party supporting eliminating tolls won a landslide in the last election, and they did away with them {there were other reasons they won too} another reason for removing the tolls was because highway 2 was part of the Trans-Canada. this highway spans the nation. half the funding is provided by the federal government, the rest by the province. it tends to be well-maintained, and is a major transporation link for millions. our major highway would have to be the 401. which runs though totonto and southern ontario. it has an average of 12-16 lanes total, and moves millions a way. highway's 400, 404, in ontario, and 20 and 40 in quebec are also major arteries. if you look at a map of the 2 naitons, where toll roads are a seperate color {lets say, like the map I have, non-toll is blue, and toll is purple} you will see the US is a very purple country, compared to canada, which is blue.
in Canada, the government regulates electricty prices. this keeps them from 'raping' this consumers, by charging them higher prices then they can afford. in Canada, you DIE without electricty and heat, and Canadians just arent willing to stomach that.
In Canada, our government pays for a large portion of tuition to university. what inspired me to write this was hearing of a girl that went to a univerity in rhode island, payed herself, and worked full-time 40 hours a week. sometimes she had to give up studing just to work. she went from a grade A student, to failing some courses, cause she had to work so much. all this effort into work, and she still ended $40,000 in debt. in canadian money, thats like $60,000, and even that is a few thousand short. I'd rather kil myself then go that far into debt, frankley. Canada has a comprehensive student-loan program to pay for the parts of the university that you cannot pay for. tuition is high here, but atleast I wont need to go into bankrupsey after university... I hope I wont need to... anyways, when I'm Prime Minister, the government will make university education eathier much cheaper or free! a 66% reduction is, I think, best, though.
in canada, we have the government funded CBC. a major media company. as far as I know, the largest, geographically, in the world. we have CBC radio which every canadian can pick up on thier radio, we have CBC TV, which most canadians can pick up on thier TV's. the CBC is a very good thing, in short. in canada we have the government funded airline, Air Canada. it is rather large, and has a near monopoly over air flights in canada. It has failed as a business, however. the government needed to bail it out.
one of the biggest socialist things we have is public health care. it means then when I go to the doctors, like I will do tomarrow, that I dont have to pay anything. it means if I get sick and have to go to the hospital, and take an ambulance, like I have, that I dont have to pay anything. certain things are not covered. mostley the 'big' tings. I dont think that that radiation cancer treatment is covered, for instance. but most basic health care things are covered by the government.
The Bad
these things cause problems. as canadians know, our health care system is failing. like the US, our education system has flaws, and as prevousley states, Air Canada is a falure. like the extreme example of the USSR, we can see the problem. socialist businesses are more then just oxymorons, they are things that dont work unless work is put into making them work. our health care system is worse then that of the US, so are most of our other government funded tings that the US government dosent fund. why? simple, profit helps these companies do better, and the government wants the poor to afford things, so profit takes a hit. weather you'd rather see a company give you a grade A item, and have somone not afford it, or have a grade B item, that everyone can afford. is up to you. after reading all of this, I hope you'd choose the latter when it comes to needed items.
The Ugly
one of the worst things about the canadian system has to be the taxes. gas on PEI is 74.1 cents per liter. thats canadian money, though, so its about 55.7 US. per gallon, that would be $2.228 per gallon we also pay, in PEI, 17.7% sales tax. most of canada, its 15%. we pay higher income taxes too. property taxes are, last I recall about 7%, here. in the end, 51-53% of all the money we make, in canada, goes to the government. I have lived with it, so its possible. with the lower cost for things (since the government pays for it) I think it pretty well balances out. all we are really doing is "robbing from the rish to give to the poor" ah, that robin hood... a socialist at heart
so this is my country. the land I love. yet I find it odd... most canadians are just happy "not to be the USA"
You should thank your lucky stars that you get to live in the U.S.
