[Bruce Kurtz]

yea, but they have a lot of additional taxes to support their social programs

[Haiku Guy]

You know you suck when Canada is kicking your ass...

[zipper]

I read most of the NY Slimes article — it was more propaganda in support of “income redistribution”.

They mention after-tax income but I don’t think that accounts for the Canadian VAT.

I was in Montreal recently but had left my jeans at home. So I went to Sears and bought some plain-looking Levi 505’s. The price? Even at the sale price of 40 percent off, they cost me 54 US dollars!

Next time I’ll remember to pack my jeans.

[ronnie raygun]

Thank the rat party with gop help

[x]

This is news? Obviously Canada’s middle class isn’t numerically larger than America’s, but why would anybody think that a larger percentage of Canadians couldn’t be “middle class” (whatever that means) than Americans?

[rottndog]

A lot of this has to do with the fact that Canada is gung-ho in exploiting it’s natural resources, specifically oil and timber.

[trisham]

It’s a socialist country.

[Zhang Fei]

Canada takes in skilled immigrants. We take in produce pickers so the crops won't rot in the fields. God forbid we import our produce instead of unskilled immigrants. Heck, why not impose tariffs on imported produce if all we want to do is keep domestic farmers in business? It would certainly be cheaper than importing millions of unskilled workers along with their welfare-eligible families.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I’ve also read that Chileans have a higher average net worth than Americans now...

[driftless2]

Canada doesn’t have 25-30% of their population “minorities.” Black and non-Cuban Hispanics have a tough time entering middle-class status due to lack of skills and education compared to whites and east Asians.