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Joe_Manchin
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Neolibs 
cope 
when graph 
shows that 
of Canada's 
provinces are poorer 
than Arizona 
while paying the highest 
taxes. But hey! Le free healthcare 
amirite!
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We would like to acknowledge that this hole is established on the traditional and vibrantly coloured land of Don Cherry. We recognize the many years of service and garishly coloured joy he has brought us here on Turtle Island. May we continue to celebrate the spirit of Don Cherry's land with respect and appreciation.
Nous tenons à reconnaître que ce trou est établi sur le terrain traditionnel et aux couleurs vives de Don Cherry. Nous reconnaissons les nombreuses années de service et la joie aux couleurs criardes qu'il nous a apportées ici sur l'Île de la Tortue. Puissions-nous continuer à célébrer l'esprit de la terre de Don Cherry avec respect et appréciation.
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!leafs Look at this absolute UNIT of raw negotiating prowess LMFAO
The country that can barely keep up with Alabama and Mississippi thinks they're in a position to dictate terms. You're not sending your best.
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Would never happen, !burgers has done a lot through history to keep states equal. 10 new Canadian states would massively upset the balance of power and lead to instability
Literally authoritarian. They want a tyranny of the majority
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As an American, I sincerely don't mind a union with Canada as long as one condition is met:
1. We rake up all the leafs.
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Tough but fair.
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It's not. It's fricking Canada afterall. It's the easiest thing that will have ever happened to raking.
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Gay but fair.
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You know, I've always wanted to get a leaf on a stick and set it on fire. I think that counts as fair.
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!friendsofbussy-boy wants to rake the !leafs
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I've always wanted to rake some leaves.
Any leafs wanna come over?
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I too have wanted to put a leaf on a stick and set it on fire. And by leaf, I mean a Canadian, and by stick I mean stick, and fire I mean fire.
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You know what? Frick it. I'm going to put the leaf on the fire.
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!r-slurs
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!r-slurs I hate normies.
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You of all people should understand the consequences
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Aren't the middle/western provinces kind of chuddy?
Either way you're right, the U.S. won't admit another state unless it's 100% red or blue and the corresponding red or blue has deep control at the time.
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Insanely. Only places I've seen people drive around with long guns openly in their trucks
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Canada has $2T GDP, and 40M people.
That's akin to maybe five average US states.
But California alone has 40M people and $4T GDP.
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The US Senate is the worse example of an upper legislative chamber.
Even the British House of Lords is far superior.
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Would you explain the differences?
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The US Senate is too anti majority, and the filibuster only makes it more dysfunctional.
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The British House of Lords is unelected, and it can only delay legislation.
The House of Commons can override it.
However, in terms of actual debate, amendments proposed and the quality of legislators, I'm personally very impressed by them.
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As a Canadian, I want America to add us to the union because it would be good for the economy and it would make a lot of redditors angry.
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Their entire economy is based around being close to America
Even their oil has to railed and pipelined in to be refined.
They should be thankful for the warm blanket of protection we give them and shut the frick up about our clown show politics
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Note the ingenious political strategy here: after we are admitted as states, I want to gut my state's political rights and influence. You see, I'm confident that I share the views of a majority of the U.S. population and that this will never ever change.
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1. These leafBIPOCs also have a bicameral legislature so what even is their hangup over the Senate? Is it because they acquitted Drumpf twice?
2. Considering they're a population of 41 million they wouldn't have the numbers per individual Canadian state to make much difference in the House; they would however expand the Senate by 20% which would be huge if he didn't want to also cripple the Senate for... reasons.
3. 10 states makes sense but probably wouldn't happen because of how much it would disrupt national politics. 5 is probably more realistic.
Anyway, I'd be down for admitting Canada. Acquiring Canadian resources like fresh water would be forward thinking plus it would bring us one step closer to the new colossus.
I just wanna see a new state in my lifetime, man.
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Our Senate can't filibuster forever, it's unelected and therefore restrained in blocking the elected House of Commons. Much better than having the worthless American Congress that can't legislate.
And letting Senators confirm judges, members of the Executive branch is fricking stupid. It creates perverse incentives for regional special interests.
Our Prime Minister can directly appoint Supreme Court judges, bureaucrats, ambassadors, a new Governor General, Senators, and Cabinet Ministers (if they're an MP or Senator), Federal Judges, and Provincal superior court judges!
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Lmao delusional frog bongs
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I'd only support a union if we deported all non-Canadian citizens immediately and created a lower tier to Canadian citizenship that didn't allow voting in federal elections
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This has to be a bit. I don't believe that even a redditor could fail to realize that the conditions HE POSTED would utterly annihilate Canada's political power in this hypothetical annexation. It's literally the single most devastating thing the U.S could possibly do.
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Wow Reddit being racist
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Lmao exactly the former they could play off but that's admitting they know
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Lots of dog whistling
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God hates communists
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!leafs I love telling Americans they still need insurance up here. If you have a massive heart attack sure they'll stabilize you but you'll still need to cough up 1000 a month for various drugs without which you will have another and die
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Yeah I've mentioned the same to Yankees and they're always surprised. Dentist, eye care, prescriptions are all out of pocket here without insurance.
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I kinda don't get it when redditors say poors just have to die in the US. I can see small business owners/employees falling between the cracks tho
Went to a doctor in Florida on vacation with 0 insurance and it cost us $5. The meds were cheaper than the uninsured cost in Canada, $10 vs $40. Arkansas friend had free state insurance when he moved there and didn't have a job, now he works at Amazon and has a $0 deductible and great coverage for $26. I pay more out of pocket than that dude for meds with 2 types of insurance in Ontario plus a lot more out of my taxes lol. These don't strike me as especially progressive areas/employers so wtf
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Cause red states have a ton of poors who need those protections. Medicare and Medicaid do a lot of heavy lifting as a baseline safety net.
The real problem with the lack of universal coverage is that uninsured people don't get enough regular checkups and treatment for chronic conditions which land them in the hospital in the first place.
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I can agree with that in spirit but as an Ontarian (curious about other !leafs provinces?) my doctors office has a sign saying they don't do physicals or checkups anymore because our healthcare system is so overburdened so no one here gets preventative care either lol
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I'm from BC and I haven't had a check up since the 80s. I signed up for some wait list to get a family doctor about six years ago and the only thing I hear from that is an email about once a year asking if I still want to be on the list. In fairness though, I've done nothing else to get a doctor.
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My doctors has told me explicitly that if I need to see her for more than what I expect would take her 5-10 minutes I need to tell the girl when I'm booking an appointment that I need an "extended" appointment. Last I saw her she told me she had over 1700 active patients.
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always been that way, I had one tell me that a decade ago. If you dont say what it's for (or you have multiple things) it's going to default to 15min. They always stack appointments to maximize $$
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This is a very new phenomenon. Maybe backlog after COVID? I never learned why.
You also dont need regular physicals unless you're over 50. We need better mixed systems where you can pay out a few hundred to get stuff like that. I think private care has to be fully separate and usually has a retainer.
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Apparently we have 4.9 million people on waitlists for family doctors and 5.1 million international students, so I'd assume the jeetening is part of it
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I can't even get an appointment with a doctor. My options are get to the urgent care when it opens and hope I get seen before they close or go to the emergency room.
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I had a family doc through my university health clinic and for some reason they don't actually verify your enrollment, all my friends got kicked out after grad but I just lied lol they gotta think I'm r-slurred with how long its taking me to finish my degree
So if you've got one of those around you that might be an option
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I've lived in a few provinces. Some do recommend physicals each year. Other provinces make you pay for it and say it's not necessary. If you ask people from these provinces they act like people who believed the CDC in 2020 when they said that masks don't help with covid. They say it's not useful and the stress of a false positive is worse than the small chance a person has a real issue. Sounds like bs imo
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Also what the actual frick, Canada. Literal third world / commie tier internal policy.
!burgers imagine not having free internal trade.
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Lmao no way, gotta fund that free healthcare somehow
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Just like the Confederate Constitution!
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More like free deathcare
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Canada = 10 Provinces and 3 Territories = 13 States
Mexico = 31 States
Annexing both gives us 94 Stars on the Flag
!burgers
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Alternatively read: Canada runs a first world country with free healthcare off the wealth of Arizona
That shit's like finding out the brain runs off less electricity than turning on a lightbulb
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Can we just kill the Canadians and take the land?
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we wouldn't want most of it, tbh
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I'm fine with just killing them, tbh
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Meanwhile in only one country CEOs of health providers are being gunned down because one populace is so poor they can't afford godo coverage...
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Snapshots:
https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/s/EYIcbIBLCm:
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