Originally Posted by
kkjason
You are just trying to stir the pot - but what the hell- I'm game. Let's see - you mention Europe. Greece, Portugal, Spain - the list goes on - 30 percent unemployment. Jumps to over 50 percent when you are talking about young people under the age of 25. Immigrants get free housing. Native born citizens - unemployed - get nothing but an occasional handout when the government sees fit - which is not very often. Don't even try to say I don't know what I'm talking about. I've lived in each of the three countries I just mentioned, and still have many friends that are stuck there trying to get out.
Europe again - You famous EU can't even decide who is in and who is out. You are over taxed and get little to show for it. I have not idea what you are talking about when you say Americans pay no taxes. I sure had a lot of taxes taken out when I worked there - so I guess I was just dooped all of those years. Good to know. Canada - we all know what kind of healthcare system they get for their taxes. I know two Canadians here in Khon Kaen who, when they lived in Canada, hopped across the border to New York to get medical care. They gladly paid for it rather than wait the months it would have taken just to get an appointment in their 'tax funded plan'. Our own Matt - regular contributor - can tell you horror stories about what you get for healthcare in Canada. If that is what you get for your tax payer money - then you can have it.
Again - I know you are just stirring the pot - if not - then you really need to get real. If you will look at my earlier posting - I am the first to acknowledge that healthcare in America is crazy expensive. I am also a firm believer that, yes, you can make your own life work. Stop blaming the government for everything. I'm pretty sure if you stop for moment, you can write a long list of things you can't stand about your own government. So be it - live your own life and stop blaming other people and countries for your own self-inflicted misery.