Why Canada Is Able to Do Things Better, USA should take a look

[wjboyer1]

Why Canada Is Able to Do Things Better - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/canada-america-taxes/533847/?utm_source=atlfb)

[Jack9696]

Lol. Illegals are now walking across into Canada.

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[Don Baldwin]

Why Canada Is Able to Do Things Better - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/canada-america-taxes/533847/?utm_source=atlfb)

Canada is still a WHITE country...we are not. Canada doesn't have the minority problem we have. Canada doesn't have HALF the population collecting a government benefit. Demographics is why Canada doesn't have the problems we have.

Don't see any black people in that picture. Looks like the villages...happy and peaceful.

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[rubicon]

I have positive views of Canada. However keep in mind that better than 50% of new home sales in America are being made by foreigners and of that group more are Canadians. why because homes here are less expensive.

In my view one cannot compare America to a Canada or to a Sweden, etc. We would be more productive to focus on America as America past, present and future

Foreigners entering your country can be a good thing or a bad. Immigration in much of Europe has decimated those nations. its suicide by multi-diversity cultural .

In America we are headed in the same direction. Our tax system has too many loop holes and our federal and state representatives spend our taxes foolishly. entitlements are crowding out all other prorities. medicaid's expansion under Obamacare is a nightmare and providing for able bodied people while it denies the truly disabled and truly below poverty people it was created to serve

Its not more taxes in fact we need to reduce citizens tax burden and demand politicians spend wisely. In my view we have gone off track of the traditional values and beliefs that made America great.
Every generation following the greatest generation has lost that meaning and unless and until it is reinserted, America will continue to decline.

Personal Best Regards:

[Don Baldwin]

I have positive views of Canada. However keep in mind that better than 50% of new home sales in America are being made by foreigners and of that group more are Canadians. why because homes here are less expensive.

In my view one cannot compare America to a Canada or to a Sweden, etc. We would be more productive to focus on America as America past, present and future

Foreigners entering your country can be a good thing or a bad. Immigration in much of Europe has decimated those nations. its suicide by multi-diversity cultural .

In America we are headed in the same direction. Our tax system has too many loop holes and our federal and state representatives spend our taxes foolishly. entitlements are crowding out all other prorities. medicaid's expansion under Obamacare is a nightmare and providing for able bodied people while it denies the truly disabled and truly below poverty people it was created to serve

Its not more taxes in fact we need to reduce citizens tax burden and demand politicians spend wisely. In my view we have gone off track of the traditional values and beliefs that made America great.
Every generation following the greatest generation has lost that meaning and unless and until it is reinserted, America will continue to decline.

Personal Best Regards:

No, you can't compare a "white" country with a non-white country...America is a non-white country as only 49% of the population is white. "White" countries ALWAYS do better than non-white countries.

America's past was a 90% white population...we were #1 in the world i just about everything. America's present is 49% white and we're now around #25 in the world. As America becomes more and more "dark", it will fall lower and lower. Mexico II...is our future as whites become 20-25% of the population in about 30 years. "America" is lost.

Immigration is ONLY good when a country needs to expand and the immigrants are the SAME race and have a similar culture. It does NOT work when the immigrants are a different race and come from a completely different culture. Importing blacks and Hispanics...like we've been doing since the 1960s...has been slowly diluting and destroying America.

We did the same here with the Hispanics...we let in so many, they dropped so many anchor babies that we're losing OUR culture and soon our country. It's gone withing 30 years as the Hispanics WILL BE the new majority.

"Foolishly"? It depends...are you on the receiving or paying end? Our politicians are there because of and for the wealthy and the corporations they own. They are NOT there for "us", the people.

Entitlements for whom? The minorities. They collect better than 80% of ALL welfare to people. As the number of minorities has risen from 10% of the population to the present 51%...spending for welfare has increased proportionally. It's NOT going to get better unless you cut them off.

That's what "Obamacare" is...an expansion of medicaid. Instead of showing up at the ER for ailments, they get "an insurance plan" worth $1,000 a month...for free...as "regular people" have their premiums double...to pay for it.

"Truly disabled"...being Negroid seems to automatically qualify you for assistance. They're born with a mental handicap. They are NOT us.

That won't happen as long as they get elected via the party who is the liaison between the government and the corporations/wealthy. The party organizes the "candidates" who will ultimately do the bidding of the corporations/wealthy. NOBODY gets on the ballot without being a "made man"...willing to "play ball".

Gee you think? America is a SHELL of what it was...because the PEOPLE are a shell of what we once were. You CAN'T have success when the best people are forced out because of quotas. You CAN'T have success when you lower the standards so much a monkey could "qualify".

We decided diversity was more important than success...THAT is what we need to change.

[Wiotte]

Canada is still a WHITE country...we are not. Canada doesn't have the minority problem we have. Canada doesn't have HALF the population collecting a government benefit. Demographics is why Canada doesn't have the problems we have.

Don't see any black people in that picture. Looks like the villages...happy and peaceful.

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Once happy white people, black people didn't do this.



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[Don Baldwin]

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Once happy white people, black people didn't do this.



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Oh really wiotte?

What's happening in Africa...the negroid homeland...RIGHT NOW? Genocide and slavery. Don't throw up the past when there's worse happening right now...by those YOU protect. Should I post pictures of the dead too?



NOBODY is perfect...but blacks are the LEAST "perfect" of ALL the races...all the "human" species.

[Wiotte]

Oh really wiotte?



What's happening in Africa...the negroid homeland...RIGHT NOW? Genocide and slavery. Don't throw up the past when there's worse happening right now...by those YOU protect. Should I post pictures of the dead too?







NOBODY is perfect...but blacks are the LEAST "perfect" of ALL the races...all the "human" species.



Jews were considered by a very advanced and highly cultural society as sub-human just 4 generations ago. Were they right?


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[Don Baldwin]

Jews were considered by a very advanced and highly cultural society as sub-human just 4 generations ago. Were they right?


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That is NOT what he thought...Hitler blamed the Jewish bankers, financiers, Jewish owned media.

You should read his book.

Did you read Obama's Mein Kampf? You should have. He blamed white people. He screwed us good too...we're now 49% of the population...they get to discriminate against us...exclude us...it WILL get worse as they grow in numbers and we decline.

America is done...finished within 30 years. They have overwhelmed us, they are breeding us out.

Blacks have ALWAYS and continue to be seen as inferior. There's a reason for that...they are. When you suck, nobody wants you...when you're great, everybody does. That's why the NBA and NFL have no shortage of blacks and everywhere else they need quotas.

[tcxr750]

And don't forget Canada didn't have the Great Recession because it wasn't possessed by terminal greed in the real estate and investment community.

[Don Baldwin]

And don't forget Canada didn't have the Great Recession because it wasn't possessed by terminal greed in the real estate and investment community.

MOST of those worthless loans that took down the real estate market were to...drum roll...

Minorities.

Worthless loans made to worthless people...

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

From the OP's linked article.

It’s really quite simple: When Canadian governments need more money, they raise taxes. Canadians are not thrilled when this happens. But as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. put it, taxes are the price paid “for civilized society.

My question is what happens when the tax rate gets to 100%?

If it's as simple as raising taxes why not just start now and give the government all of our money and trust that they will spend it responsibly and take care of all of us.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I wonder why it is that New York State is advertising its new business friendly environment including lower taxes.
Is that state run by a bunch of ultra conservatives or have the liberals running the state figured out why they were in so much trouble?

[rubicon]

And don't forget Canada didn't have the Great Recession because it wasn't possessed by terminal greed in the real estate and investment community.

Again the news reported that the majority ( 51% +) of home buyers in America are foreigners and the greatest % of that figure are Canadians Reason home values lower in the USA

Personal Best Regards:

[graciegirl]

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[Don Baldwin]

Again the news reported that the majority ( 51% +) of home buyers in America are foreigners and the greatest % of that figure are Canadians Reason home values lower in the USA

Personal Best Regards:

Bull...show me the links.

Canadians aren't moving to the US and leaving Canada because of lower prices.

You're telling me that 26% of ALL houses sold in the US is to a Canadian?

A Canadian dollar is only worth 0.76...that's 24% less. I'm sure that more than makes up for house price differences. 24% gets "added" to the cost of a Canadian buying a house in the US automatically.

[larbud]

Gee you think? America is a SHELL of what it was...because the PEOPLE are a shell of what we once were. You CAN'T have success when the best people are forced out because of quotas. You CAN'T have success when you lower the standards so much a monkey could "qualify".

We decided diversity was more important than success...THAT is what we need to change.[/QUOTE]

[larbud]

MOST of those worthless loans that took down the real estate market were to...drum roll...

Minorities.

Worthless loans made to worthless people...

All made possible by the dimocraps who gave us the CRA...

[Don Baldwin]

Gee you think? America is a SHELL of what it was...because the PEOPLE are a shell of what we once were. You CAN'T have success when the best people are forced out because of quotas. You CAN'T have success when you lower the standards so much a monkey could "qualify".

We decided diversity was more important than success...THAT is what we need to change.[/QUOTE]

You liked that lar? I don't remember when/which post I wrote that for...but it does fit beautifully here too.

We in effect decided that "dogs" were human and our equal and redesigned society to "fit them in" as equals. We lowered the standards so ALL that was needed to "qualify" is being able to...sit, stay, and roll over. It's sad how we destroyed a country and a culture...to fit them in. Now, "they" number more than us...and the nation is lost within 30 years. Maybe all of western civilization as Europe is being overrun by "brown people" too.

[rubicon]

Bull...show me the links.

Canadians aren't moving to the US and leaving Canada because of lower prices.

You're telling me that 26% of ALL houses sold in the US is to a Canadian?

A Canadian dollar is only worth 0.76...that's 24% less. I'm sure that more than makes up for house price differences. 24% gets "added" to the cost of a Canadian buying a house in the US automatically.

Well I didn't say they were moving to the USA, I only said they were buying homes here...big difference. And while I have no obligation to you I will say the information was gleaned from an article in WSJ this past week that spoke to the issue of new housing starts. Homes prices are cheaper here . I believe Canadians are buying get away homes here

[John Breed]

Let all the illegals go to Canada! Stupid Prime Minster!

[Paper1]

Why Canada Is Able to Do Things Better - The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/canada-america-taxes/533847/?utm_source=atlfb)

Americans are addicted to something for nothing so US borrows for everything.
Canada maintains a military they can afford, US pays no attention to costs as is evident just today with new aircraft carrier commissioned, all on grandchildren's credit card.
I believe Canadian voters are more intelligent or politically astute then their American counterparts.
They support the healthcare they can afford while in US cost is after thought if at all
These are a few reasons

[dirtbanker]

The Canadians know how to handle complaints. Here is an example.

A Canadian female liberal wrote a lot of letters to the Canadian government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities. She demanded a response to her letter. She received back the following reply:

National Defense Headquarters
M Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg., 15 NT
101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2
Canada

Dear Concerned Citizen,
Thank you for your recent letter expressing your profound concern of treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists captured by Canadian Forces, who were subsequently transferred to the Afghanistan Government and are currently being held by Afghan officials in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.

Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinions were heard loud and clear here in Ottawa. You will be pleased to learn, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself, we are creating a new department here at the Department of National Defense, to be called 'Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers' program, or L.A.R.K. for short.
In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided, on a trial basis, to divert several terrorists and place them in homes of concerned citizens such as yourself, around the country, under those citizens personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and is scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence in Toronto next Monday.

Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud is your detainee, and is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of complaint. You will be pleased to know that we will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with your recommendations.

Although Ahmed is a sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his 'attitudinal problem' will help him overcome those character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling, however, we strongly recommend that you hire some assistant caretakers.
Please advise any Jewish friends, neighbours or relatives about your house guest, as he might get agitated or even violent, but we are sure you can reason with him. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless in your opinion, this might offend him. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills either in your home or wherever you choose to take him while helping him adjust to life in our country.

Ahmed will not wish to interact with you or your daughters except sexually, since he views females as a form of property, thereby having no rights, including refusal of his sexual demands. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him.
You also should know that he has shown violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the dress code that he will recommend as more appropriate attire. I'm sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka over time. Just remember that it is all part of 'respecting his culture and religious beliefs' as described in your letter.
You take good care of Ahmed and remember that we will try to have a counselor available to help you over any difficulties you encounter while Ahmed is adjusting to Canadian culture.

Thanks again for your concern. We truly appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job and care for our fellow man. Good luck and God bless you.

Cordially,
Gordon O'Connor
Minister of National Defense

[wjboyer1]

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[Topspinmo]

Americans are addicted to something for nothing so US borrows for everything.
Canada maintains a military they can afford, US pays no attention to costs as is evident just today with new aircraft carrier commissioned, all on grandchildren's credit card.
I believe Canadian voters are more intelligent or politically astute then their American counterparts.
They support the healthcare they can afford while in US cost is after thought if at all
These are a few reasons


Canadians don't need big military when they got big brother that can beat the Shyt out of any neighbor close or far. Canadians have big export trade advantage due to our stupid NAFTA agreements. Candaians have fewer mooches and far as I know have good work ethic. We have bunch of political lawayers in charge to get every taxation dollar the can to fund they're golden paved roads to retirement. Canadians don't have the carpetbaggers we have in charge of government.

If it wasn't so Fking cold up there I consider moving were my dollars go further. But, the grass is NOT always greener on the other side of the fence????

[Don Baldwin]

Canadians don't need big military when they got big brother that can beat the Shyt out of any neighbor close or far. Canadians have big export trade advantage due to our stupid NAFTA agreements. Candaians have fewer mooches and far as I know have good work ethic. We have bunch of political lawayers in charge to get every taxation dollar the can to fund they're golden paved roads to retirement. Canadians don't have the carpetbaggers we have in charge of government.

If it wasn't so Fking cold up there I consider moving were my dollars go further. But, the grass is NOT always greener on the other side of the fence????

Canada doesn't have the "brown" population that the US has. Canada has 3% blacks and 1% Hispanics. The US is now 49% white and 51% minority.

[MDLNB]

Answer to the question is:

They are not able to do things better than America, and we should not be looking elsewhere to better our country. Our problems are within, and due to the ignorant, protected and supposedly needy. We coddle too much. America needs tough love. Make the folks work for their welfare.

[rubicon]

Bull...show me the links.

Canadians aren't moving to the US and leaving Canada because of lower prices.

You're telling me that 26% of ALL houses sold in the US is to a Canadian?

A Canadian dollar is only worth 0.76...that's 24% less. I'm sure that more than makes up for house price differences. 24% gets "added" to the cost of a Canadian buying a house in the US automatically.


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Realtors: Foreign US Home Sales Surge 49 Percent to Record $153 Billion
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By F McGuire | Tuesday, 18 Jul 2017 03:08 PM

Foreign investment and purchases in U.S. residential real estate skyrocketed to a new high, fueled by a substantial increase from Canadian buyers.

Foreign buyers closed on $153 billion worth of U.S. residential properties between April 2016 and March 2017, a 49 percent jump from the period a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. That surpasses the previous high, set in 2015.

NAR’s 2017 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate, found that between April 2016 and March 2017, foreign buyers and recent immigrants purchased $153.0 billion of residential property, which is a 49 percent jump from 2016 ($102.6 billion) and surpasses 2015 ($103.9 billion) as the new survey high.

Overall, 284,455 U.S. properties were bought by foreign buyers (up 32 percent from 2016), and purchases accounted for 10 percent of the dollar volume of existing-home sales (8 percent in 2016).

“The political and economic uncertainty both here and abroad did not deter foreigners from exponentially ramping up their purchases of U.S. property over the past year,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.

“While the strengthening of the U.S. dollar in relation to other currencies and steadfast home-price growth made buying a home more expensive in many areas, foreigners increasingly acted on their beliefs that the U.S. is a safe and secure place to live, work and invest.”

The jump “follows a year-earlier retreat and comes as a surprise, given the current strength of the U.S. dollar against most foreign currencies, which makes U.S. housing even more expensive,” CNBC.com explained. “Apparently, the value of a financial safe-haven is outweighing the rising costs,” CNBC reported.

Foreign sales accounted for 10 percent of all existing home sales by dollar volume and 5 percent by number of properties. In total, foreign buyers purchased 284,455 homes, up 32 percent from the previous year.

Half of all foreign sales were in just three states: Florida, California and Texas.

“Chinese buyers led the pack for the fourth straight year, followed by buyers from Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico and India. Russian buyers made up barely 1 percent of the purchases,” CNBC explained.

“But the biggest overall surge in sales in the last year came from Canadian buyers, who scooped up $19 billion worth of properties, mostly in Florida. They are also spending more, with the average price of a Canadian-bought home nearly doubling to $561,000,” CNBC explained.

Yun attributes this notable rise in activity to Canadians opting to buy property in U.S. markets that are expensive but still more affordable than in their native land. While much of the U.S. continues to see fast price growth, home price gains in many cities in Canada have been steeper, especially in Vancouver and Toronto.

“Inventory shortages continue to drive up U.S. home values, but prices in five countries, including Canada, experienced even quicker appreciation2,” said Yun. “Some of the acceleration in foreign purchases over the past year appears to come from the combination of more affordable property choices in the U.S. and foreigners deciding to buy now knowing that any further weakening of their local currency against the dollar will make buying more expensive in the future.”

Foreign buyers typically paid $302,290, which was a 9.0 percent increase from the median sales price in the 2016 survey ($277,380) and above the sales price of all existing homes sold during the same period ($235,792). Approximately10 percent of foreign buyers paid over $1 million, and 44 percent of transactions were all-cash purchases (50 percent in 2016).

[Don Baldwin]

Answer to the question is:

They are not able to do things better than America, and we should not be looking elsewhere to better our country. Our problems are within, and due to the ignorant, protected and supposedly needy. We coddle too much. America needs tough love. Make the folks work for their welfare.

Yes...a minority majority is our problem. It WILL be the end of "America".

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Realtors: Foreign US Home Sales Surge 49 Percent to Record $153 Billion
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By F McGuire | Tuesday, 18 Jul 2017 03:08 PM

Foreign investment and purchases in U.S. residential real estate skyrocketed to a new high, fueled by a substantial increase from Canadian buyers.

Foreign buyers closed on $153 billion worth of U.S. residential properties between April 2016 and March 2017, a 49 percent jump from the period a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. That surpasses the previous high, set in 2015.

NAR’s 2017 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate, found that between April 2016 and March 2017, foreign buyers and recent immigrants purchased $153.0 billion of residential property, which is a 49 percent jump from 2016 ($102.6 billion) and surpasses 2015 ($103.9 billion) as the new survey high.

Overall, 284,455 U.S. properties were bought by foreign buyers (up 32 percent from 2016), and purchases accounted for 10 percent of the dollar volume of existing-home sales (8 percent in 2016).

“The political and economic uncertainty both here and abroad did not deter foreigners from exponentially ramping up their purchases of U.S. property over the past year,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.

“While the strengthening of the U.S. dollar in relation to other currencies and steadfast home-price growth made buying a home more expensive in many areas, foreigners increasingly acted on their beliefs that the U.S. is a safe and secure place to live, work and invest.”

The jump “follows a year-earlier retreat and comes as a surprise, given the current strength of the U.S. dollar against most foreign currencies, which makes U.S. housing even more expensive,” CNBC.com explained. “Apparently, the value of a financial safe-haven is outweighing the rising costs,” CNBC reported.

Foreign sales accounted for 10 percent of all existing home sales by dollar volume and 5 percent by number of properties. In total, foreign buyers purchased 284,455 homes, up 32 percent from the previous year.

Half of all foreign sales were in just three states: Florida, California and Texas.

“Chinese buyers led the pack for the fourth straight year, followed by buyers from Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico and India. Russian buyers made up barely 1 percent of the purchases,” CNBC explained.

“But the biggest overall surge in sales in the last year came from Canadian buyers, who scooped up $19 billion worth of properties, mostly in Florida. They are also spending more, with the average price of a Canadian-bought home nearly doubling to $561,000,” CNBC explained.

Yun attributes this notable rise in activity to Canadians opting to buy property in U.S. markets that are expensive but still more affordable than in their native land. While much of the U.S. continues to see fast price growth, home price gains in many cities in Canada have been steeper, especially in Vancouver and Toronto.

“Inventory shortages continue to drive up U.S. home values, but prices in five countries, including Canada, experienced even quicker appreciation2,” said Yun. “Some of the acceleration in foreign purchases over the past year appears to come from the combination of more affordable property choices in the U.S. and foreigners deciding to buy now knowing that any further weakening of their local currency against the dollar will make buying more expensive in the future.”

Foreign buyers typically paid $302,290, which was a 9.0 percent increase from the median sales price in the 2016 survey ($277,380) and above the sales price of all existing homes sold during the same period ($235,792). Approximately10 percent of foreign buyers paid over $1 million, and 44 percent of transactions were all-cash purchases (50 percent in 2016).

OK...this shows I was right and you were wrong...

"Foreign sales accounted for 10 percent of all existing home sales by dollar volume and 5 percent by number of properties"

Canadians actually bought only 2.6% of homes in the US. Foreigners bought 10% total, Canadians bought 26% (your number) of those for 2.6% in total.

[wjboyer1]

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