August1991

The best property tax in Canada is the cold weather.

No. I am saying that you Americans - in specific states - vote for people like Obama, Trump and Emanuel.

Canada is a federal state. Each province is a nation. ==== PEI joined after NS. And when NS agreed, they voted to leave. NFLD joined after everyone. We get along.

WTF? Too many people in Ontario foolishly believe that they are "Canada". This guy Ford is an example. Rae is another example. McGuinty too. ==== Years ago, Ontario had leaders like Robarts and Davis - they understood people in Ontario - and more important, they understood that Ontario is not Canada.

Herbie, You receive CPP, OAP - maybe even GAINS. Or, you have some LIFF payments. You are a Canadian boomer - without kids. And you have a good, honest Jamaican woman working at minimum wage to care for you. Such is modern Canada in the 2020s. Is this sustainable?

I strongly favour a tax on CO2 emissions. That's it, that's all. I strongly object to subsidies for e-cars, windmills, solar panels and so on. ===== The US would be viable if it merely taxed CO2.

Postmodern? ==== Coyne opposes Trump - but says nothing about our milk cartel. But he does! Coyne should say about our milk cartel what he says about Trump. Does he?

LOL!

Disagree. I am not American but I have been to Portland, Oregon and Boston. I have talked to you Americans. What strikes me is that you Americans believe that no one else will save you. You Americans understand that you are on your own. In Canada, Russia, Sweden, India, Quebec - people think someone else will fix the problem. In America, you are alone.

Nationalism? Ontario Nationalism is not Canadian Nationalism.

I agree. Old people tend to think they'll live forever.

True, your social security is pay-as-you-go. But you Americans are creating wealth (your GDP is growing faster) than your governments can spend/borrow. ==== In Quebec, like Norway, we only have a ballast - we have paper claims.

Why are Coyne and The Economist so much against Trump? The Economist was founded for free trade.

Disagree. Some people want America to do well, even think Trump is not Hitler/crazy.

True. Why? You Americans can create wealth faster than your various governments can borrow/spend it.

You Americans fought in Vietnam - and won the Cold War. I reckon Putin has a better view of this.

1. If one person is in debt, another person has a claim. 1a. We cannot borrow from Martians. The Earth is not in debt. 2. If you had/owned something - say, a truck, where would you put the truck: China or America? 2a. America. (In China, who knows what happens to the truck.) 3. America can tax faster than it borrows.

Or a property tax will keep out the riff-raff. Or a property tax will keep out the riff-raff.

In 1984, Trudeau Snr was about 65 years old when he left office. In 1974, Nixon was about 61 when he, uh, left office. ===== These two men were born in the 1910s. They lived through similar world events.

CdnFox, How do we know this about Mars and Venus? How do we know this about our own planet? The Van Allen belt? ===== Rather than send humans to other planets, I reckon that we should send probes to other planets to ensure that we survive.

Precisely. ===== Trust.

This CAAQ scandal is weird. (All bureaucrats waste money on software, computer systems.) I think the PQ might defeat the CAQ on this.

A mile wide and an inch thick. Doug Ford doesn't speak French.

Some experts say to raise tariffs. Other experts say to lower tariffs. ===== Canada's Anglo MSM invariably says that the federal Liberals are doing the correct thing. Years ago, Pierre Trudeau wrote about this.

Here, I disagree. I am a foreigner. IME, most Democrats are also good Americans. ==== What is an American? No one else will save you. You Americans understand that there is no one else - no higher authority.