August1991

There is an English-Canadian female fiction that we survive, care for people. I disagree. We Canadians get along. === Our pension system is better than the US. We didn't have a civil war.

I've done the numbers. I reckon that the US system is far more generous. True, we have the GAINs. And we have Mulroney's claw-back on the OAP. Medicare is another issue. === Overall, retired Americans - if they worked - receive more than a retired Canadian.

This forum is remarkable.

The Jew Kissinger wrote a wonderful book about the Congress of Vienna.

The protestant Swedes stopped the war in the 1600s. Whatever.

What's new? People in the Middle East fight, disagree, argue. Not my problem.

Make no mistake. I am a nobody - in the broader world. But in a small world, I am known.

For you: Centuries ago, it was merely the ink, paper. For me: You have no idea.

Disagree. Nixon correctly saw the Vietnam war. Carter wrongly saw the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Right? Left? The Europeans defined these terms. === Every several generation, the Europeans fight/kill each other. We Canadians get along.

It will not be the Middle East. (Those various Arabs have been fighting forever.) It will not be the China Sea. (Chinese are largely peaceful people.) ===== Leftist America screws things up - like in Europe 1914.

Shame? Canada is cold. These men (very few women) in Montreal will sleep in the Metro.

Frankly, I would avoid the middle east. Nixon and Brezhnev did,

Michael, You have no idea.

Perspektiv, The American pension system is more generous than Canada. Why? America generates more wealth.

I ask every Canadian/Quebecer over 65 to compare their monthly CPP/RRQ deposit. Compare it to a US friend (Social Security).

Perspektiv, I suggest that you look at the origins of the 1914 Great War. We Canadians get along.

No, I was not born in 1891.

Huh? Managed capitalism - what a term. === We Canadians get along.

I am a real person - maybe too much wine. I suspect that Old Guy is an AI bot.

Our entire view of mathematics is based on economics, trade. Yet our universe is defined by mathematics.

In my opinion, some 100,000 years ago smart people invented numbers to trade. These guys didn't need negative numbers. They didn't need a zero. They invented a term of trade.

Capitalism ? Rather, free trade. Markets with prices. Numbers. Maths.

I agree on this first point. IMHO, if Andropov had lived, the Soviet Union could have managed much longer. Our Canadian health system still works.

Tell me something new. The people in Lebanon and Israel - a few million - love attention. Iran? Let them fight their wars.