Poll of the Day > Canadians get $2000 a MONTH for 4 MONTHS compared to America's 1200....

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Justin Trudeau announced that every canadian who lost their job gets 2000 a MONTH for 4 months to help with the crisis after passing the legislation UNANIMOUSLY by all parties, including conservatives.

This compared to only 1200 for americans...for a rich country i'm surprised they got shafted..

https://i.imgur.com/lAF2hGo.jpg
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Amazing when a less powerful country can afford to offer it's citizens a larger payment and for 4 months. The Republicans need to get their head out of their ass on this one.

well we do have like 1% of your population... what's the total amount for each country?

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Its a difference of ~$300 and CoL is cheaper in the US.

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It works out to be about a $300-$400 difference in spending power
Not the $800 this topic is trying to make you believe.

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Is that even in US dollars or Canadian? And if the latter whats the equivalent value?

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Lokarin posted...

well we do have like 1% of your population... what's the total amount for each country?

That's irrelevant the US takes in more taxes and generates more money in a year. Acting like the US can't afford it is a joke.

zebatov posted...

Its a difference of ~$300 and CoL is cheaper in the US.

It's for 4 months vs. 1 month so $8000 CAN comes out to $5615.28 USD. Meanwhile American taxpayers get $1200 per person once and $500 for each child they have. If they were doing 4 payments for $1200 each then it would be the $300 difference you say, instead it's one payment and that is it.

Facepalm

The cost of living is higher in the US.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp

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Key words 'lost job. We could pay citizens better if we weren't stuck supporting the lazy (no job/taxes). Oh but you do that and certain undesirable people would go ballistic.

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I realize everything this guy does is shit post. So instead of taking this claim at face value, why not make him show the two policies and sources for the information. Rather than leaning face first into the bullshit like some of you are doing.

Canada is overhyped by socialists, the place is too expensive in parts that most people want to live in, Trudeau is a cuck, and some of the laws are pretty bad.
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Im getting 1200 on top of my regular pay checks. Im good.

Il be using that cash to buy food for my parents. My dad lost his job

No you did not get to work there is a shortage of maple syrup down south from hoarders. Go tap a tree my waffles are dry

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Yellow posted...

Facepalm

The cost of living is higher in the US.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp

Lol!

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The American people don't need money to get through this, all we need is Vitamin C and good ol' fashioned Patriotism.

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Hey, we should be happy all americans are getting money now, before only about 50% of americans were going to get anything at all.

Now it's going to be based on SS# and it doesn't sound like there is a min income for 2018 anymore, so you know anyone going to college that year, or who was in HS etc, will actually get money now.

I do think people ALREADY getting benefits should not get any money, personally. So if your on unemployment already, or disability, or social security etc, and are already getting a check from the gov, then that would cover the $1200 (if you get that much, or bring it up to $1200 if you don't).

I know that sounds mean, but you are ALREADY getting money......so why give more?

As far as people still working, it's not really fair for them to work and end up getting around the same money as everyone not working, so I think they should get the $1200 as well.

This plan works over all, but it's still just.....so much money, we are in effect going to quadruple our deffcit in one year (they did the whole 1.5 trill thing to save the stock market already and this is another 2 trillion and are deficit before was 1.02 trillion.)

That has to come from somewhere, and sadly it's going to be us in the long term.

So this may sound great to lots of people, I hear people going like, sweet, gonna get a game system, or rock, I want some new furniture etc.

But this is probably like the most expensive loan anyone has ever taken, because we (the american people) are getting like 1/10th of it in direct cash, but we are going to have to pay it all back eventually.....at 10x the amount we got.

Even loan sharks are usually not that harsh.

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wolfy42 posted...

Hey, we should be happy all americans are getting money now, before only about 50% of americans were going to get anything at all.

Now it's going to be based on SS# and it doesn't sound like there is a min income for 2018 anymore, so you know anyone going to college that year, or who was in HS etc, will actually get money now.

I do think people ALREADY getting benefits should not get any money, personally. So if your on unemployment already, or disability, or social security etc, and are already getting a check from the gov, then that would cover the $1200 (if you get that much, or bring it up to $1200 if you don't).

I know that sounds mean, but you are ALREADY getting money......so why give more?

As far as people still working, it's not really fair for them to work and end up getting around the same money as everyone not working, so I think they should get the $1200 as well.

This plan works over all, but it's still just.....so much money, we are in effect going to quadruple our deffcit in one year (they did the whole 1.5 trill thing to save the stock market already and this is another 2 trillion and are deficit before was 1.02 trillion.)

That has to come from somewhere, and sadly it's going to be us in the long term.

So this may sound great to lots of people, I hear people going like, sweet, gonna get a game system, or rock, I want some new furniture etc.

But this is probably like the most expensive loan anyone has ever taken, because we (the american people) are getting like 1/10th of it in direct cash, but we are going to have to pay it all back eventually.....at 10x the amount we got.

Even loan sharks are usually not that harsh.

People working will be getting $1200, as will those on Social Security and SSI. What gets me is how hard some people fought against giving people an extra $600 a month for 4 months added to their unemployment payout since it's not their fault that they're unemployed. There's too many people in this country living in their 'ivory tower' to where they can't sympathize or relate to anyone who isn't in their predicament.

Not America's fault that Canadians need to be taken care of by their governments more than Americans do.

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wolfy42 posted...

Now it's going to be based on SS# and it doesn't sound like there is a min income for 2018 anymore, so you know anyone going to college that year, or who was in HS etc, will actually get money now.

you still have to have done taxes in either 2017 or 2018.

the income numbers are still the same. the only thing changed is that you must have a social security number.

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Judgmenl posted...

Not America's fault that Canadians need to be taken care of by their governments more than Americans do.

And what data are you using to make this remark?

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You are a bad person, duckbear

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Duckbear has left out the very important words "up to" in reporting this. How much one gets is based on how much one is losing, with $2k/month being the maximum. This emergency funding is an expansion of the existing EI system, which functions similarly but needs streamlining and some extra funding to handle a crisis of this magnitude.

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$2000 in Canadian Tire money.


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captpackrat posted...

$2000 in Canadian Tire money.

I'd take it, I buy lots of stuff from Canadian Tire

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But it's only Canadian's who lost their job!

In the US your can still be employed and get the money lol.

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Monopoman posted...

Amazing when a less powerful country can afford to offer it's citizens a larger payment and for 4 months. The Republicans need to get their head out of their ass on this one.

1) $2000 CAD is only like $1200 USD

2) They can't afford it any more than we can. We're just running up a credit card bill.

3) And perhaps most importantly, Canada's plan is supposedly only for the unemployed. The US is for everybody... and the US afaik has a second set of benefits for the unemployed on top of normal unemployment so it's more than $1200. At the end of the day once you factor in everything, the US is paying out a lot more overall.


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Zeus posted...

1) $2000 CAD is only like $1200 USD

2) They can't afford it any more than we can. We're just running up a credit card bill.

3) And perhaps most importantly, Canada's plan is supposedly only for the unemployed. The US is for everybody... and the US afaik has a second set of benefits for the unemployed on top of normal unemployment so it's more than $1200. At the end of the day once you factor in everything, the US is paying out a lot more overall.

Zeus posted...

1) $2000 CAD is only like $1200 USD

2) They can't afford it any more than we can. We're just running up a credit card bill.

3) And perhaps most importantly, Canada's plan is supposedly only for the unemployed. The US is for everybody... and the US afaik has a second set of benefits for the unemployed on top of normal unemployment so it's more than $1200. At the end of the day once you factor in everything, the US is paying out a lot more overall.

Zeus posted...

1) $2000 CAD is only like $1200 USD

2) They can't afford it any more than we can. We're just running up a credit card bill.

3) And perhaps most importantly, Canada's plan is supposedly only for the unemployed. The US is for everybody... and the US afaik has a second set of benefits for the unemployed on top of normal unemployment so it's more than $1200. At the end of the day once you factor in everything, the US is paying out a lot more overall.

Well technically 2000 canuckistan pesos are worth 1,426.32 Freedom doll hairs. So yea kind of a piss in the wind didnt want to bring that up since Im seen as an asshole showing society the brain cells they lack.

you guys got a whooping 226.36 more then the fascist capitalist

Canada get to tapping some trees my waffles and bacon lack syrup.

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Congress just passed a $4.5T corporate bailout bill. $700B went to bail out investors who made bad investments. Why shouldn't poor people get some $250B emergency UBI bread crumbs?

It's the fed printing the money. That $4.5T is coming out of our pockets from inflation. It's not a loan.

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Monopoman posted...

Amazing when a less powerful country can afford to offer it's citizens a larger payment and for 4 months. The Republicans need to get their head out of their ass on this one.

They know full well they can pay people better than that.

They just care more about pleasing their sponsors instead of helping the common people

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Yellow posted...

Congress just passed a $4.5T corporate bailout bill. $700B went to bail out investors who made bad investments. Why shouldn't poor people get some $250B emergency UBI bread crumbs?

It's the fed printing the money. That $4.5T is coming out of our pockets from inflation. It's not a loan.

you are preaching to people that have or would have voted forAOC. Oh some one that majored in economics. Screw it not getting in to that raging dumpster fire. This calls for more bourbon. Yay bourbon

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PK_Spam posted...

They know full well they can pay people better than that.

They just care more about pleasing their sponsors instead of helping the common people

read up two messages its not that much more.

math wise I made that amount 11am

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mrmeano21 posted...

Yay bourbon

Smh. All I have is diluted vodka. Tastes like sharpie.

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In Noita (on Steam) you can actually die in a whisky fire

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Lokarin posted...

In Noita (on Steam) you can actually die in a whisky fire

My diluted vodka will not light. Probably need 40% for that.

It's funny because I was thinking of ordering a flask and heater the other day to distill 95% alcohol. That + orange juice.

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Yellow posted...

Congress just passed a $4.5T corporate bailout bill. $700B went to bail out investors who made bad investments. Why shouldn't poor people get some $250B emergency UBI bread crumbs?

It's the fed printing the money. That $4.5T is coming out of our pockets from inflation. It's not a loan.

idk, maybe because somehow it *might* be worse if we lost our industries which normally provide salaries? Or do you want to just keep printing money forever without actually producing anything so a barrel full of benjamins won't be enough to buy a loaf of bread?


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My vodka tastes so bad it actually negates the fun of being drunk.

Fuck this.

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Yellow posted...

Smh. All I have is diluted vodka. Tastes like sharpie.

I have a gallon fine North Carolina moon shine that smells like paint thinner If you want some. You may go blind or die not sure I use it for alcohol injection.

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I'm afraid of Methanol, I'll just stick with good old condensation.

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