--- Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mario, > Several Goanetters have pointed out that anyone can > buy health insurance in Canada. That's the way it > has always been. Everyone on Goanet, with one > exception, accepts this fact. > Mario replies: > If that were so then why were Canadians suing in court to be able to buy private health insurance as recently as a year ago? What you are probably referring to is that Canadians could buy private health insurance in the US. > Mervyn writes: > > Thanks for flouting your obstinacy :-) > Mario replies: > Being obstinate about the truth is no vice:-)) The Queen of England has no way of imposing herself on Canada - she is Canadian Head-of-State because Canadians want it that way. > Mervyn writes: > > The UN regularly ranks Canada as the best country in > the world to live in. The criteria used are: HEALTH, > education, housing and the economy. Bill Clinton > describes the US health care system as "insane." Is > it also difficult for you to believe a President of > the USA? > Mario replies: > Canada is one of the decent places to live in especially for those who feel the need for a social safety net and government paid health care. > However, the UN does not have much credibility any more, where countries that violate the human rights of their own citizens can be put on the Human Rights Commission and countries that break the UN's arms control policies can be put on the Arms Control Commission. Besides, I don't see anyone risking their lives to get into Canada other than American deserters and people with no other options. On the other hand there is a steady stream of Canadians and others migrating to the US, which speaks for itself, especially for those who want to be personally independent, have limitless financial opportunity and identify with a superpower that can and does go to the aid of people around the world when they are oppressed by either Mother Nature or by totalitarian tyrants. > Bill Clinton is very popular with gullible people because he talks the talk, incessantly, but rerely walks the walk as his 8 years as US president prove. As President he asked his wife to come up with a Canadian-style health care system for the US and it was roundly rejected by such overwhelming majorities that his party has never been able to recover from the electoral defeats that followed. > Mervyn writes: > > Anyone who has to pay for a tank of gas knows that > CITGO always has the best prices. The comment about > "prices are about the same" speaks volumes about > you......... > Mario writes: > Endlessly repeating this canard does not turn it into a fact. Anyone who lives in the US would tell you that CITGO's gasoline prices are in the same ballpark as Sunoco,, EXXON, BP, Mobil, Marathon, Total, etc. >
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