WTF US DOLLAR JESUS

[salesbeast]

Wait till the overnight news hit the markets...China thinking of selling off $500b of the estimated $1trillion in US reserves....GG USA for many many years if that happens hence the $1.10 vs CND$ overnight.

[Ganjasaurus Rex]

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uhh dont Canadians get free healthcare too?

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Yeah, if you think "free" means paying taxes for healthcare even if you never get sick.

[NickdaNutz]

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uhh dont Canadians get free healthcare too?

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Yeah, if you think "free" means paying taxes for healthcare even if you never get sick.

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Yes, and If I get diagnosed with cancer I dont have to pay for the expensive chemotherapy. Its not "free" in the sense that we pay for the health care with our taxes, but it doesnt cost me any money to go to the emergency room, to go get a check-up, etc..

Also, if you do some research on federal income tax rates in Canada and the US you will find that its not a huge difference.

p.s. Im Canadian....and I better not catch you guys coming up here and using american funny money in our washing and vending machines :P

[SuperSnort]

i thought that americans had to pay to go to a hospital? like if you dont have a card that says you are paying that just leave you to die? amirtite (correct me)

[Jackal69]

$2.10 to the pound - time to book an NYC shopping spree...

[Daddys_Visa]

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uhh dont Canadians get free healthcare too?

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Yeah, if you think "free" means paying taxes for healthcare even if you never get sick.

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I would rather pay that to the government as taxes than as premiums and deductibles to some record-profit-making-rich-ass-HMO who will try to [censored] me in the ass every chance they get.

When I needed surgery in Canada, I went to emerg, got seen by a surgeon within 30min, and had surgery an hour later. I was treated great for the week in recovery and never had to pay a cent the whole time.

Slightly higher income tax is worth it if you don't ever have to worry about being wiped out financially by a serious illness.

[Riina]

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uhh dont Canadians get free healthcare too?

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Yeah, if you think "free" means paying taxes for healthcare even if you never get sick.

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I would rather pay that to the government as taxes than as premiums and deductibles to some record-profit-making-rich-ass-HMO who will try to [censored] me in the ass every chance they get.

When I needed surgery in Canada, I went to emerg, got seen by a surgeon within 30min, and had surgery an hour later. I was treated great for the week in recovery and never had to pay a cent the whole time.

Slightly higher income tax is worth it if you don't ever have to worry about being wiped out financially by a serious illness.

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americas policy for healthcare is about one of the biggest beats a 1st world country can have imo [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

[bustowithnobra]

uhhh, don't worry, last time this the dollar dropped this low, America pulled the mad cow disease card (which had been around for ages), and the euro almost instantly fell back down.

[its_just_me]

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who cares if canadians have more money, they can't even buy healthcare.

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they could move to england and not have to pay anything for health

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loool. epic fail imo

[fraserbrown]

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America is the biggest beat of the first world. Dollar now at $1.09!! Go Baby Go!