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who's going to the states for shopping? (pg. 3)
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| jesteraver |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiskHO
in new hampshire there is 0 tax. in massachusetts 5% also no tax on food and clothes.
i bought something at aldo in eaton center the other day and it said $40, after taxes it came to $46, that is borderline communism at its finest.
a gillette fusion razor is $20 after tax in montreal, in the usa its $9. in usa we have no roaming or long distance on cell phones, it is all the same as calling next door. up here my girlfriend has to get a calling card to call newfoundland from montreal. Not to mention the taxes you guys pay on your wages.
yes the usa has many foreign policy problems, but when it comes to stuff here in the usa itself, things are always very nice. i like having a choice for health care and education and keeping my money for me, rather than fund social programs. that is how i have been able to bring all these fine artists to montreal :) |
the cell phone thing sort of getting better now, but not really. i think now if you are with rogers you can call anyone with a rogers mobile number or home number, anywhere in canada and its like a local call, but not sure about that.
i knew about NH with 0% bastards! Hawaii it is like 4.8%.
HAHAHAHA taxes on income here is pretty :crazy: which I do not mind, pretty much free education and meds. Just wish all the doctors in Quebec would stop running out of this province though :( |
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| malek |
| I agree on most of what you say, but I also feel that the best health care system is a public one (Canada's isn't perfect but still) and that education at US prices is simply a ripoff. |
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| DiskHO |
| that is all true malek, but at least we have a choice. you guys all talk about meds and education like it is the end all be all. if i want meds and an education i can go buy it, but i dont need to be paying for it for my whole life even at times when i have no use for it. |
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| Tag |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiskHO
no matter how good the economy in canada becomes, people will always be held down by the ing rediculous prices and taxes on EVERYTHING!!!!
gas, cell phones, food, day to day item + 15% tax. it really sux and that is why i have not moved to canada even though i love it there. |
canada's economy will be hurting from the dollars been near parity.
which is why everyone here should stfu cause they CLEARLY dont understand much. |
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| DiskHO |
| that is very true. |
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| jesteraver |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
I agree on most of what you say, but I also feel that the best health care system is a public one (Canada's isn't perfect but still) and that education at US prices is simply a ripoff. |
Oh yah the cost of going to school in the US holy jesus :crazy: :eyespop: I a couple years back I was looking into a school in NYC for fashion design. This is when our dollar was worthless pretty much. It was about $60k CDN a year. Now with the current rate of exchange $32k CDN. I think that how much it is for US citizens. Probably is way more for International people. |
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| Spin Laden |
US doesn't take care of low incomers.. in the end it comes back to bite everyone's ass. Their solution is to have those peeps join the arm forces. Michael Moore, ftw :gsmile:
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| Spin Laden |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tag
canada's economy will be hurting from the dollars been near parity.
which is why everyone here should stfu cause they CLEARLY dont understand much. |
yes, it makes our exports undesirable no? |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tag
canada's economy will be hurting from the dollars been near parity.
which is why everyone here should stfu cause they CLEARLY dont understand much. |
teach us Ô master pink elephant. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by DiskHO
that is all true malek, but at least we have a choice. you guys all talk about meds and education like it is the end all be all. if i want meds and an education i can go buy it, but i dont need to be paying for it for my whole life even at times when i have no use for it. |
you are right because your perspective is the one of a young healthy person.
Is it really unheard of people selling or remortgaging their houses (which they paid for their whole life) to pay for expensive chirurgical bills once they're no longer young and healthy?
edit: which cancels out the savings of a whole life or most probably any benefits from low taxation went on buying crap now sitting in that huge garage in that huge house. |
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| Spin Laden |
| Tag should be able to articulate this since that's his field of study.. I'll take a stab here: if our commodities aren't selling, that hurts our industries and of course the trickle down effect is layoffs and such, hurting local economies in the process. |
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| Spin Laden |
| Case in point: Americans don't want to buy our products because the exchange rate isn't favourable anymore. It now costs more to buy Canadian products than before.. so in tying this discussion into edm, we may see less American trollops at Bal en Blanc :p |
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