August1991

Which government? Federal or provincial? ==== Canada is a federal state with various governments.

AG, CO2 tax? If I were a federal politician, I would remind everyone of the 10 cent federal excise tax on gasoline. BTW, sales on reserves are exempt.

Best case? ==== Crimea will become part of Russia. Kiev and western Ukraine will be like Belorus. ===== Make no mistake. This is a huge disaster for American diplomacy. Worse:There is the potential of tactical nuclear bombs.

Am I alone to believe that Trudeau Jnr and Singh are no longer interesting. The US election is more interesting. Heck, the Quebec politics have become interesting.

Wow, I was wrong. ===== I reckon that Trump will choose a winner. -Tom Scott -Marco Rubio

Well said. ===== Your various American governments can tax people like Bill Gates or the Steve Jobs Foundation. Your politicians have access to a river - Biden takes a slice of the water. Putin or Xi could hope for such.

You are wrong. Dead wrong about Canada in this century. Bread is not taxed. Poor and smart people do not have a car.

About 30% of Canadians eligible to vote pay no taxes whatever. (GST? They buy food, pay rent - get a refund.) For these people, any discussion of taxes (up/down) is irrelevant. They have no skin in the game.

Let me add this. I prefer a world where we freely trade - others prefer a Singapore model.

Lack of money? Paper? The world lacks paper? WTF? ==== The world lacks skilled talent. For each human generation, we must teach so much. No human is born with the ability to write/read. Do math. Take a derivative. We must teach each child calculus.

Roosters have colourful feathers. They strut Hens don't. Why?

Well said. I agree. I have two definitions of democracy: 1. You put one coloured ball in a large bowl - and the winner with your colour wins. 2. The power of the State is passed between people who hate each other - without death.

Perspektiv, Herbie - you miss the point. ==== Putin and Xi (Russia and China) have your number. They both view the world in a different way.

In Vermont and Massachusetts, you people speak of New England. In Quebec, we speak of New France. In Georgia, it is people from a different continent managing their affairs. New Africa.

Whatever. Increasingly, I view the period between 1914-1945 as we now view the Thirty Years War. In the future, no one will remember precise years, dates, events At best, we know about a revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

Iceland has a distinction language. Newfoundlanders have a distinct accent. Both have their own way pf doing things. Both islands have survived for centuries. Civilized people. Sustainable - not growing. Centuries. Why? ===== Iceland has about 300,000 people. Nfld about 600.000. Why this obsession for growth?

Herbie, In fact, this happens often in Canada. We are a large country with few people. Foreigners come here with hopes. Google Search: Elliott Lake.

You miss my point. ==== Trump changed the way local, state taxes and federal taxes are calculated. IMHO, you Americans have to change fundamentally how you tax at the federal level. I reckon that you need a federal consumption tax (collected at the state level).

At the federal level, you Americans clearly do not have sufficient revenue for what your federal politicians want to do. -You note military. Good luck. -Welfare? I tend to agree that it should be a State issue but people move around. -Constitution? I think we are at a point where the framers could not perceive the future. ====== The US federal government has a very generous pay-as-you-go social security scheme. Around the world, millions of Americans expect to receive their monthly cheque. The US federal government also has a very generous medicaid scheme. Anyone in America over 65 can choose their doctor, Medicaid pays.

As to my OP, it was a "CallToAction".

Various parts of various countries frequently disagree. The people in northern North America - despite how different we are, we seem to get along. ==== Quebec has had various separatist parties. In Nfld, I'm sure there's one now. The FLQ was violent. But in general, we get along peacefully.

Mississippi and Louisiana apparently have larger proportions of black people. But it seems to me that Georgia (with Atlanta) has become the African state in the new world. The colour of one's skin - like a person's height - is different from language or religion.

Lincoln provoked a civil war. Lévesque and Trudeau Snr avoided one.

CdnFox, 1. The Plains of Abraham? Did you know that the Seven Years War was settled with two treaties. The Treaty of Hubertusburg was the most important. 2. Louis Riel: the original show trial. 3. Trudeau Snr let the kidnappers of Cross fly to Cuba.

The US is the only civilized society without a central consumption tax. Such a tax would solve your federal deficit problems. ==== Trump changed SALT. Like Mulroney with GST, Trump might impose a US federal consumption tax.