so what youre saying is all the canadians on this board bragging about their health care, taxes etc are probably the leaches of the ppl paying for it all?
I'll offer my 2 cents with respect to Canadian health care. I don't personally have objection to health care being widely available in some format, especially for those that really need it. The sentiment in Canada is one where people should be cared for. I view such empathy as a positive attribute. There is reassurance that in times of a major health crisis, that one would not have to concern themselves about being wiped out financially.
In saying the above, I would assert that Canada's health care is, "just good enough". I can speak first hand of the extensive wait times just to see a specialist, nevermind to actually have medical tests or critical procedures performed. Our health care is merely adequate in many ways, but far from optimal.
Another failing, is where the largest abusers of the health care system are those that pay nothing into it. It should take little deduction to know that I am referring to Canada's Native population. This populace, by in large, are totally reliant on the tax dollars of other citizens to sustain them. Free University educations are offered, with preference given in hiring, based purely on ethnicity. I could go on and on. The Government has created a proverbial monster with the excessive solicitude given to Natives.
I once had the impression that Americans were simply apathetic towards others, in being resistant to a universal health care format. My perspective has changed a bit, however. I don't believe this resistance is based on apathy, but more so from frustration. Frustration in having so much of your hard earned money being summarily stripped from you, to be handed to those that receive it, not in the spirit of appreciation, but one of expectation.
