The Stagnant Working Class

[Snoopy]

the-pi-guy said:

Snoopy said:

Not true, only certain aspects are better. For example, Canadians have a longer wait time and way higher taxes. Not to mention the cost for basic commodities in Canada is a lot more expensive than America's products. This is all thanks to government interference. When the U.S. government got out of certain health care aspects such as lasik eye surgery the cost went way down.

>wait times

Wait times are complicated to measure.  For one thing in the US a lot of people don't go at all.  Those people don't get counted in the average wait time.  

Another thing is wait times for different things differ.  

>higher taxes

Meaningless if you don't include the difference in healthcare costs.  

>government interference

Some commodities cost less because they get made in the US.  So no it's not "all thanks to government interference".  It's a complicated matter.  

> wait time

No it isn't, it's been proven Canadians have to wait a long time for health care services.

> higher taxes

No, it isn't meaningless. Canada pay more in taxes and commodities. Over the long run, they would pay a lot more than Americans.

 There are places in America where the cost of basic commodities is crazy high such as California because they are run by Democrats who support big government. That's why so many Californians are going to Republican states like Texas and Alabama.