Poll of the Day > Canada remains one of the BEST NATIONS in the WORLD..and the US has FALLEN!!!

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The United States and the UK have fallen down the list of the World's Best Countries with Switzerland and Canada remaining the TOP 2 NATIONS!!

Researches said the lack of economic confidence in the UK following Brexit and awarded Germany the #3 spot that's recognized for its strong gender equality and government transparency.

Brazil is the best country to visit and Italy ranks highest nation with the richest traditions.

Responddents also gave their opinions of world leaders and gave high praise to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Angela Merkel of Germany who are respected globally

The highest disapproval no doubt were US President Trump and Russian President Vladir Putin.

America fell to #8 after Sweden and Australia. It drops in 2 key categories with "open for business" and "movers" that analyzies up and comign economies

The reasons for the fall for the second straight year is fuelled by the world's perceptions of the country becoming less progressive and trustworthy. Respondents also said the country is becoming unstable just after a year in office for Trump but the US and Russia remains the top 2 for world power and China runs 3rd.

Would you rather live in America or Canada? let's see what people will vote.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/23/20/488244AA00000578-0-image-a-1_1516740753331.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/23/20/488244F600000578-0-image-a-2_1516740771415.jpg

Top 10

1. Switzerland

2. Canada

3. Germany

4. United Kingdom

5. Japan

6. Sweden

7. Australia

8. United States

9. France

10. Netherlands
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canada has some messed up laws about free speech. I'll stay in america.

"using a twisted set of bullshit metrics to skew the results, we can confidently say that research shows america sucks"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrA4V6YF6SA
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This is that same biased "research" story that was going around a few days ago? Pretty well-debunked once you look at the categories, etc. At any rate, having lived in Canada, I wouldn't consider doing it again.

Full Throttle posted...

Brazil is the best country to visit and Italy ranks highest nation with the richest traditions.

That's a fucking laugh if I've heard one.
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They probably only looked at Toronto - which is cuck'murica anyways
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Full Throttle posted...

Would you rather live in the United States or Canada?

Canada without a doubt.
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I've no interest in Canada, I'll stay in the States. Plus, fuck the cold in particular.
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Zikten posted...

canada has some messed up laws about free speech. I'll stay in america.

Where you can say whatever you want, it'll just get ignored by your government? Good call lol
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Syntheticon posted...

Zikten posted...

canada has some messed up laws about free speech. I'll stay in america.

Where you can say whatever you want, it'll just get ignored by your government? Good call lol

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Feminist fairy justin is trying to pass an anti Islamic law.. free speech is going away day by day in Canada.

It makes me laugh to think of the people in southern US states with 60% unemployment rates that would die before moving to Canada because healthcare is free.
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I live in Canada now ( BC ) but would rather live in the States. Just some but not all Issues I have with Canada are,

Our Fairy PM
Taxes way to high
Medical msp cost is too high per month
Too many immigrants coming in every year
Way too cold most months

xjayguyx posted...

Our Fairy PM
Taxes way to high
Medical msp cost is too high per month
Too many immigrants coming in every year
Way too cold most months

There's a very good chance based on how much money you make in a year you would pay more in the US.

https://simpletax.ca/calculator
https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes#zfl2zPHVet

(A randomly picked Cincinnati OH and somewhere called New Brunswick)

Anual income: $10,000
CA: $485
US: $765

Anual income: $15,000
CA: $1,435
US: $1,587

Anual income: $20,000
CA: $2,917
US: $2,469

Anual income: $25,000
CA: $4,399
US: $3,596

Factor in what you're paying for in health insurance.

https://www.zanebenefits.com/blog/bid/97380/faq-how-much-does-individual-health-insurance-cost

Average monthly premiums for self-only coverage in 2016: $536 ($6,432 An)
Average monthly premiums for family coverage in 2016: $1,511 ($18,132 An)

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/group-plan-administrators/msp-premium-changes-2018

Self Only: $393/month ($4,716)
Family: $1,021/month ($12,252)

Now I'm at a dead end here because I can't get averages for income brackets on MSP, or I can and don't feel like it, and someone else has probably done the math you don't care to hear. It's looking like you would pay more in the US up until $75,000, at least until Trump's tax raises take effect.

Your other complaints are just "fuck gays and immigrants", and I can't relate. There is certainly a reason I have you tagged as racist, probably because you called Oprah a disgusting chicken stuffer.

@Doctor_Foxx or @Lokarin tell me if I've got this right. I've neither done my own bills or lived in Canada before.
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i'm in a unique position due to being on disability. I get about $15k a year and only pay minimal taxes... what I pay H&R Block to file those taxes costs more than the actual taxes.
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Yellow posted...

Doctor_Foxx or Lokarin tell me if I've got this right. I've neither done my own bills or lived in Canada before.

Well as someone that lived and worked in the US and Canada (in a state with no income tax) I lost more of my US paycheque to taxes as a percentage of income at 30k a year though it was close. Then take out the health insurance from your pay and no contest, I lost far more of my income in the US.

Yellow posted...

Anual income: $25,000
CA: $4,399
US: $3,596

Where I live the total tax on 25k is $3,563

So it is lower.

No monthly health care premium either.
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Yellow posted...

Anual income: $15,000
CA: $1,435

While I don't live in New Brunswick, as someone who usually makes about this, I can tell you this is pretty significantly higher than what I pay.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

No monthly health care premium either.

Well, it's that our taxes.... actually COVER THINGS!

Hey, 'murica - go to war over taxation again, like how you were founded
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Well, I currently live in Canada and everything seems to be better here than when I lived in the US. Better infrastructure, better wages, better standard of living, better overall optimism of the populace. Even the cold is overblown (I live near Toronto), as it's not any colder than the area of Pennsylvania I'm from.
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xjayguyx posted...

BC

xjayguyx posted...

Way too cold most months

I sincerely hope you mean the Eastern or Northern mainland and not the Vancouver area.
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The U. S. will only fall lower with Trump in command.
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Zikten posted...

canada has some messed up laws about free speech. I'll stay in america.

Ageed. Also the doctors here have more power than judges in that they can put you involuntarily in a hospital where you can't leave if they just claim you're a threat to yourself or others. Living in Canada is like walking on eggshells with the law, but if you lie, weasel or cry your way out of it, you can potentially get very minimal sentences and liberal mentality favours the perpetrator over the victim.

Lokarin posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

No monthly health care premium either.

Well, it's that our taxes.... actually COVER THINGS!

Hey, 'murica - go to war over taxation again, like how you were founded

sure, just as soon as the rest of the 'developed world' stops freeloading on our defense budget
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Canada is okay, but I'd rather live somewhere in Western Europe. North America in general is kind of provincial, which is fine, but I feel out of place culturally. I fit in better over there than I do here, after spending a month visiting relatives in a couple of places a lot of things clicked... Partly this just stems from being raised in an ex-pat community until I was about 5. I had an accent until I went to school...
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Troll_Police_ posted...

sure, just as soon as the rest of the 'developed world' stops freeloading on our defense budget

Since the US is the only threat on the planet - don't be surprised no one wants to pay their protection money.
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To those complaining about taxes, I don't know how it works in the US but Canada is EXTREMELY decentralized, easily the most decentralized country in the first world. Provinces have much more power to govern themselves than states do and the federal government really only has power over foreign affairs (diplomacy and military) and constitutional law. Health care, education, infrastructure, etc. all belongs to the provinces.

When people say "Canada has universal health care" they really mean "every province in Canada has agreed individually that universal health care is a human right". This decentralization has led to big differences in taxes between provinces.

Here in Alberta, we pay less taxes than much of the US. Provinces like New Brunswick or Quebec pay taxes that are astronomical.

And I get an honest laugh at people complaining about "lack of free speech in Canada". You have no idea what you're talking about.
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What's stopping you all from moving to Canada if you want to be there? Actually asking.
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Tropic_Sunset posted...

What's stopping you all from moving to Canada if you want to be there? Actually asking.

Probably laziness but also Canada's strict immigration policies. Canada has a point based immigration program and only accepts immigrants with high levels of educational attainment and/or work experience.
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faramir77 posted...

Canada has a point based immigration program and only accepts immigrants with high levels of educational attainment and/or work experience.

As a US resident, sounds racist.
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Tropic_Sunset posted...

As a US resident, sounds racist.

Read for yourself, straight from the Canadian Government's website:

https://goo.gl/tP3TWT
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faramir77 posted...

Tropic_Sunset posted...

As a US resident, sounds racist.

Read for yourself, straight from the Canadian Government's website:

https://goo.gl/tP3TWT

I'm not saying you're wrong, just that if similar policies were enacted in the US, people would decry them as racist.
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