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Surely you jest

Surely. My comment was to show how stupid our American Government has become.
Canada is smart and doing many of the things we should have done.
Like lowering corporate taxes.
We are trapped in this perpeptual losing proposition, which is bogus at its core, of trying to right the wrongs of our past.
It use to be in America, not so long along, if you made the effort you could create a comfortable life for yourself and your family.
Its still possible but getting harder and harder. Before long it may well become impossible.
Especially,IF the prog control freaks do not quit the social engineering and stop monkeying around with everyone’s existence.
Get the G’mint out of our business (and bussinesses)
Stop regulating us out of existence and stop getting in the way of drilling and while they are at it fix the progressive tax code!

Then we can get back to not caring what color you are, what religion, what your sex preference is...Who cares?
Make yourself useful and stop expecting other’s to take care of your sad ass!

The US federal government is far too big and intrusive. You need to cut out whole departments. Start with the EPA and the ATF. Break up and make the DHS much smaller. Close the Agriculture Department which has more employees than there are farmers in the US. Close the Energy Department, which produces no energy. Close the Education Department, which doesn't educate anybody.

Canada is cutting the number of government employees. We have nothing comperable to ATF or EPA. Our border and customs services is just that. "Homeland security" is taken care of by the RCMP. We have no federal Education Department and almost everybody can read and write. Our Agriculture Department does not have a food stamp program and is not engaged in welfare.

The conservative government of Stephen Harper is on track to move the federal government to a budget surplus by 2015. For those from Yorba Linda, a budget surplus is the opposite of a deficit. According to Wiki, the federal debt is around $600 billion. Roughly a third, proportionally of the US federal debt. Canada is forecast to be one of a very few number of countries to retain a AAA credit rating for the next decade.

BTW, your president does not like PM Harper or the economic success story he represents. Harper is an economist by trade (imagine that). Their meetings consist of Harper trying to educate your president on economics. Your president doesn't like that.