If Bush is elected President our civil liberties will be .... Oh no, that's happening in liberal Canada, where real estate agents are required to snoop for the government. Name, federal id #, source of funds, etc. must all be collected by agents from their clients and forwarded to the government so that terrorists can be captured. If a buyer is even from another province he must personally prove his identity in a face to face meeting with an agent there before that agent can pass him along to an agent in the next province.
That sucks but if you don't like that aspect of Canadian life, consider this: I spent the weekend with a great bunch of Canadians in a very much apolitical setting. To a man, they complained about their health care system - if you're in pain, but the situation isn't life threatening, you can wait as long as 2 years for surgery. Those of us so joyously awaiting next Tuesday's anointment and the coming of the solution to our health insurance problems might want to schedule surgery now, rather than wait til after January's coronation.
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Chris
The reason the Canadian system works is because it is two tiered. Those that have no money for medical care have to get on line. Those that have money get on a plane and fly to New York and pay for it. What politician in the US fail to realize is that Canada is roughly 1/10 the size of the US and that the Canadian system does not scale!
Judging from "discussions" I've had with friends, it's not just politicians who don't understand it. The country seems fixated on a vision of an endless supply of multi-millionaires who can be tapped to pay for A-1, unlimited health care for all 300 million of us. It's pixie dust and propeller beanie time and there's going to be a very sad awakening in the next few years. But just like the man who got married and discovered true happiness, it will be too late.
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