http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/20040407-092910-6316r.htm .... Once the U.S. adopted Reaganomics, it began growing faster than Canada. Now, two decades later, according to the World Bank, the U. S. has a GDP per capita that is more than a third higher than Canadian per capita GDP ($34,280 for the U.S., $26,530 for Canada). These higher real incomes for U.S. citizens translate into better housing, more automobile ownership, and much higher levels of discretionary income and economic opportunity. The U. S. has also enjoyed a consistent lower level of unemployment than Canada since the mid-1980s. Canada's leading economic think tank, the Fraser Institute, has just published two very provocative studies that detail the relative failure of the Canadian vs. U.S. model. The first study is "Economic Freedom in North America" (jointly prepared with the U.S. think tank, the National Center for Policy Analysis). The statistical results of the study persuasively confirm "economic freedom is a powerful driver of growth and prosperity and those provinces and states that have low levels of economic freedom continue to leave their citizens poorer than they need or should be." Unfortunately for Canada, all U.S. states, except for West Virginia, have higher levels of economic freedom than the Canadian provinces, with the exception of Alberta and Ontario. As a result, the richest Canadian provinces have incomes that approximate the poorest U.S. states. "Government Failure in Canada, 1997-2004: A Survey of Reports from the Auditor General," again by the Fraser Institute, details extensive waste, misrepresentation, red tape, incompetence, program failure, self-service and self-dealing in the Canadian government. The report concludes that: "The main lesson from the facts as assembled by the Auditor General is that governments are not very effective vehicles for accomplishing outcomes. ... Public purposes ... can be accomplished as well, or better, by contracting, privatizing or ceding the activity to the private sector."
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/files/EFNA2005.pdf On 11/29/05, Stephen Cassady wrote: > Biggest Myth that US Government Propogates to Keep US Tax Payers Thinking > They're Better Than Someone Else: > > >would they also cut > >those crazy taxes you guys pay? > > See (as a few examples): > > http://www.knv.com/Publications/Corpgraph2005.pdf > http://www.accf.org/publications/reports/sr-intcomp-deathtax.html > http://www.sarnialambton.on.ca/main/ns/103/doc/218 > > Our personal taxes may be somewhat higher, but our environment for small and > large business, lack of Death Tax and a swack of other incentives (R&D for > example) really makes us on par or better with the US tax system. Look for > continuing advantages over the next couple years as we've just retired 60 > Billion in Federal Debt and run Deficit free budgets. > > For the more "Socialist" view point, the cost of my medical, protection, and > transportation costs are WAY cheaper through higher taxes that by any > user-pay system identified. So if you compare dollar in pocket value between > US and Canadian individuals, the US wins - absolutely. But if you compare > dollar in pocket + value of goods and services provided by Federal, > Provincial/State and Municipal government, you'll find that Canada outstrips > the US in value. See G8 documents and UN documents on these facts. > > <sarcasm and friendly jest> > But I digress - pets Americans - yes dear - your taxes are way lower than > ours - pet pet pet - some day we'll learn. > </sarcasm and friendly jest> > > Stephen R. Cassady > Lopedia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184869 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
