Path: utzoo!dciem!chk
From: chk@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (C. Harald Koch)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Our overtaxed country
Message-ID: <2377@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca>
Date: 11 Aug 89 13:58:05 GMT
References: <1989Aug9.154655.4865@ziebmef.uucp>
Reply-To: chk@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (C. Harald Koch)
Distribution: can
Organization: NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Canada
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In article <1989Aug9.154655.4865@ziebmef.uucp> stephen@ziebmef.uucp (Stephen M. Dunn) writes:
>3.  Other than the usual answer ("because we're Canadians"), why do we only
>    make a fuss for a couple of weeks when a tax hike comes along and then sit
>    back and take it quietly?

Because we like having fantastic roads to drive on. We like having 'free'
medical care. We like having UI around for those unexpected layoffs. (What
would you do if someone invented a self-programming computer?) We like all
the benifits that living in Canada gives us.

I agree that the government does have spending problems. (There is something
wrong with a system where you can make more money in government than you can
in the private sector...). But this is no reason to panic.

There are still tons of people clamouring to get into Canada from other
countries (even the almighty US of A!). Maybe this means we have it good?

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