Ivo Silva
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I do prefer the healthcare system run by my government, I’ve seen firsthand what is happening over there with the insurance companies, where you have them denying coverage all the time even when you pay everything on time, with no good reason just because well, it’s a business operation, not a system driven by true healthcare.. Things will cost what they cost over here, and not what the company decides to profit on top of the real cost, companies have to profit and I have no objection to that, but when we are talking about such fundamental things like health, I will trust the government over a company any day.
Yes, companies will have to pay tax here and there, but they also receive funds when needed and justified, they do have benefits from those taxes, so do the employees.
I do not consider tax to be stolen from me when I pay my taxes, why? Because that money goes to fund every single thing run by the government and that under normal circumstances only covers the really important things on a society. That money does not go into profiteering individuals. I have no reason to consider it a steal, I would if that money dint go into funding what I REALLY need, and what others more unfortunate that I am also need. When we feel that money isn’t been respectfully used we protest, and the government over here actually fears the people.
It’s not a question of abdicating the responsibility for your own healthcare, everyone needs healthcare, even the ones that can’t afford it.
Quite frankly, even if you had the best medical care as you say you have, that means nothing if you only get to have it if you have the money to pay for it, and even if you pay for insurance, I know for a fact that that is no guarantee that you will have the best medical care assured. Over here I know no hospital or medical facility run by my government is inaccessible to me, if I need it, and the decision that has to take place to decide if I need it is in the hands of medical professionals that do not profit in any way from denying or accepting anyone, in the US know the insurance companies deny coverage and reward the medical boards based on that...
The medical professionals over here are actually rewarded based on successfully improving the health of patients they care for.
And it won’t be the first time that if a treatment is not available here, the government pays for you to go where it is, even the US and your best medical care.
I also find funny those complaints about Amazon, but that only tells me one thing, ignorance.
Hell, people are always trying to get things cheaper, but believe me, if they had to choose between the benefits they get, or a cheaper 40D (among other things), they would go for the benefits every single time. But because they don’t have to choose, they try to get it cheaper in the US, they know their benefits are not going anywhere…
The fact that you do not trust your government to deal with the healthcare is only indicative of its incompetence and or failure, and does worry me even when not affecting me directly, it does on a world politics stage, and we’ve all seen how limited mr Jr. Bush Jr is, and what that has done to the world.
UK didn’t leave anyone without rescue/shelter/money for basic needs, etc. in its recent floods, it’s a Katrina done right, and this is why I understand you preferring companies to your own government, I wouldn’t trust them either.
If you can’t trust your government to run healthcare, you can’t trust them to properly do oversight also, so you are left with the exact situation you have now, that leaves the legislation to the lobbies, they do the legislation, and the government stamps it, they do their own rules, just see the Medicare bill, it’s a true riot, they overcharge everything, a medication that costs 2 dollars in Canada is charged 800$ to the US government.
And this is my final post about this because we are indeed too off topic :P
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I will buy a 40D once properly tested by the communities, well, the people I trust to have the proper knowledge anyway :P.
Jim Krupnik wrote:
I have no problem with that at all. If you want "free" heatlth care, run by the government, you are free to pay for it in the form of higher prices for goods and services. The same with other percieved "benefits" of government run programs. It's not simply as transparent as sales and use tax in Canada though. There are many hidden corporate taxes and fees that inflate the cost of goods in an effort to send cash to Canadian government coffers that are then taxed again at the consumer purchase level.
I prefer a different situation, where government doesn't steal my earnings in order to provide me with "benefits". In the case of the US, the socialist machine is churning away, but unless they win outright, the US will still have the best medical care, and best economy on the planet. There is no such thing as "free" in government, and if you abdicate responsibility for your own health care, it's cost will snowball, and your care will require the subsidy of others, and be limited in scope. That's pretty much what is happening in Canada, and across western Europe today. I prefer to choose how to spend what I earn, and not earn it, and have someone else decide the best way to spend it through taxation.
Again, to each his own. I live in the US, so Canadian politics don't move me, but I will fight every continuing effort to socialize US healthcare, as that issue does move me.
The Amazon issue seems to be already settled. They don't ship to Canada directly, because the Canadian government sets up roadblocks that cause them to be less than competitive. The same goes for Canon Japan. The reason that their products cost more in Canada isn't that they don't like Canadians. It's that Ottawa adds to the cost of doing business there long before your sales/VAT tax bill is due. Everything is taxed in the end, including other taxes.
What stikes me as funny is that although you declare that it is just and worthwhile to pay more, considering the "benefits" you are awarded by government, and to set up barriers to prevent Canadian residents from taking advantage of free market pricing accross the southern border, many others blame Amazon, Canon, etc. for the difference in landed price for trade products. I admire your stand, as you feel the additional cost is worthwhile, and wish to protect the financial basis for your government. I think you are wrong, but you do champion your position.
How is it then, that the people who blame Amazon and Canon for Canadian prices that are much higher than the daily currency exchange rate can make a reasonable choice in government representation when they don't even understand why a particular item might cost more or less in their country, relative to the cost in another country?
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