Todays the day!

[Big Gills]

I did not read your new Healthcare plan so I am in the dark so I wont comment on that. I will say that a new plan must be clear that you DO NOT provide free healthcare to illegals. That is a big No No. Up here, if you arent a Canadian citizen you dont get free healthcare and thats that. If the illegal doesnt like that then they are free to return to their country of origin. I think your country wastes too much money on illegals. If you give them work and free healthcare then they are never going to want to leave. I have heard that is the reason for the problems with the mexicans. Obama really needs to be firm on that point. Just my 2 cents folks.

[zx150]

Hey, slipcork if you keep taxing he middle class you won't have them either. BO is like Robin Hood, he steals from the middle class and gives to the for the most part don't want to work.

[slippedcork]

Hey, slipcork if you keep taxing he middle class you won't have them either. BO is like Robin Hood, he steals from the middle class and gives to the for the most part don't want to work.

What the heck are you trying to say? Get that fish hook out of your finger.

[slippedcork]

I did not read your new Healthcare plan so I am in the dark so I wont comment on that. I will say that a new plan must be clear that you DO NOT provide free healthcare to illegals. That is a big No No. Up here, if you arent a Canadian citizen you dont get free healthcare and thats that. If the illegal doesnt like that then they are free to return to their country of origin. I think your country wastes too much money on illegals. If you give them work and free healthcare then they are never going to want to leave. I have heard that is the reason for the problems with the mexicans. Obama really needs to be firm on that point. Just my 2 cents folks.

I am curious, do you like your countrys healthcoverage?

[Big Gills]

I am curious, do you like your countrys healthcoverage?

Love it! We do not provide health care to illegals! That is a big cost saving measure. I can have any doctor I want and go to the best specialists in any field and it doesnt depend on what health insurance I can afford. You pay for your own medication. So it is not totally free. Like women who need fertility drugs to get pregnant need to pay for that themselves and cosmetic surgury is up to you to pay for as they are not seen as essential which is right I think. But you get your doctors appts, any tests, Xrays, bloodwork, surgury are all free and pay for by our taxes. Now our plan has been in effect for about 50 years so most of the kinks have been worked out. Treatments are free for cancer like radiation and chemotherapy; laser eye surgery, stays in hospitals etc. I will tell you I certainly dont ever want to get sick but I dont have to worry if that time ever comes whether or not I can afford to stay alive or not. Its just one less worry.

[greenriverman1]

Love it! We do not provide health care to illegals! That is a big cost saving measure. I can have any doctor I want and go to the best specialists in any field and it doesnt depend on what health insurance I can afford. You pay for your own medication. So it is not totally free. Like women who need fertility drugs to get pregnant need to pay for that themselves and cosmetic surgury is up to you to pay for as they are not seen as essential which is right I think. But you get your doctors appts, any tests, Xrays, bloodwork, surgury are all free and pay for by our taxes. Now our plan has been in effect for about 50 years so most of the kinks have been worked out. Treatments are free for cancer like radiation and chemotherapy; laser eye surgery, stays in hospitals etc. I will tell you I certainly dont ever want to get sick but I dont have to worry if that time ever comes whether or not I can afford to stay alive or not. Its just one less worry.

Big Gills I am curious. Could you tell us what percentage of taxes that you have to pay from your income?

[Big Gills]

Big Gills I am curious. Could you tell us what percentage of taxes that you have to pay from your income?

Hi GreenRiverMan, I am not very good at figuring out math at all. Who knew in high school I would need it some day. HA! Ok when I worked for the Alberta Government I made 3,500. per month and they taxed me $750. per month. So you will have to figure out the % of that. Now being a Govt employee up here you are taxed more than the citizen that works for private companies. The Govt goes after their own employees to foot alot ot the taxes but you cant complain too much cuz they have such great benefits like 80% they pay for dental cuz that is not free, they pay 80% of your medication cuz that is not free. You get a good retirement package. Now when I moved back to this area, I worked for the Salvation Army which is a non profit organization and I made slightly less and they taxed me about $500 per month and again I got the same dental and medication coverage with them but no retirement package. They dont have a union and the govt does. I have worked 22years of my life and then went back to school part time for several years and I have never had to pay 1 cent of income tax when they do my taxes each year. I usually get some money back like a couple of grand. Please feel free to ask me any questions about this if it doesnt make sense.

[slippedcork]

Love it! We do not provide health care to illegals! That is a big cost saving measure. I can have any doctor I want and go to the best specialists in any field and it doesnt depend on what health insurance I can afford. You pay for your own medication. So it is not totally free. Like women who need fertility drugs to get pregnant need to pay for that themselves and cosmetic surgury is up to you to pay for as they are not seen as essential which is right I think. But you get your doctors appts, any tests, Xrays, bloodwork, surgury are all free and pay for by our taxes. Now our plan has been in effect for about 50 years so most of the kinks have been worked out. Treatments are free for cancer like radiation and chemotherapy; laser eye surgery, stays in hospitals etc. I will tell you I certainly dont ever want to get sick but I dont have to worry if that time ever comes whether or not I can afford to stay alive or not. Its just one less worry.

Thanks Gill, most here are afraid of change. Kenny

[DJD]

Thanks Gill, most here are afraid of change. Kenny

Get used to change cause thats all you will have once the fear mongers get their way.

[slippedcork]

Get used to change cause thats all you will have once the fear mongers get their way.

So you aint feeling canada DJ?

[DJD]

So you aint feeling canada DJ?

Not at all...no offense to the folks there. I just see the United States as a different place than Canada.

I have read alot of comparisons with our system and others including Canada and we still have the best in the world. It's very hard to assess the real cost of their healthcare since there are so many variables but I have read that some people are taxed as high as 55%.

We need to tweak our present system not revamp it at the cost they are claiming. We will see no matter what they do we will all live by it. Just a little reading fer ya....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in681801.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/...h.care.system/

[greenriverman1]

Not at all...no offense to the folks there. I just see the United States as a different place than Canada.

I have read alot of comparisons with our system and others including Canada and we still have the best in the world. It's very hard to assess the real cost of their healthcare since there are so many variables but I have read that some people are taxed as high as 55%.

We need to tweak our present system not revamp it at the cost they are claiming. We will see no matter what they do we will all live by it. Just a little reading fer ya....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in681801.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/...h.care.system/

Sad but good post.