I mean, you’re kind of arguing how great the USA is. You put it on a pedestal as a beacon of perfection. Yeah it doesn’t have free healthcare, you’re absolutely right, I’m not sure what you’re point is? There are a lot of things wrong with the USA, it’s a huge country with quite a bit more diversity then other first world countries.
Point being, why do you hold the USA to such high standards? If you think most Americans feel the US is “the best” you’re sorley mistaken.
You’re not sure what my point is? My point is that for most Americans they pay more and get less.
30% of American workers earn less than $12 and hour. Compare that to only 9% of Canadians working their minimum wage of ~$12.60 USD.
So a third of Americans are earning less than the absolute minimum earnings of a Canadian, and from that they are paying a comparable federal tax rate, but have to pay for health insurance and out of pocket copay to even see a doctor.
That’s just the people up to the threshold of the minimum Canadians make. Nearly half of US workers earn less than $15/ hour, so not much more. Less than 20% of Canadians make that little.
Most Americans are paid less, pay the same taxes, get no healthcare in return, but have to pay for private insurance AND still have to pay out of pocket for any medical visit.
I mean, you’re kind of arguing how great the USA is. You put it on a pedestal as a beacon of perfection. Yeah it doesn’t have free healthcare, you’re absolutely right, I’m not sure what you’re point is? There are a lot of things wrong with the USA, it’s a huge country with quite a bit more diversity then other first world countries.
Point being, why do you hold the USA to such high standards? If you think most Americans feel the US is “the best” you’re sorley mistaken.
You’re not sure what my point is? My point is that for most Americans they pay more and get less.
30% of American workers earn less than $12 and hour. Compare that to only 9% of Canadians working their minimum wage of ~$12.60 USD.
So a third of Americans are earning less than the absolute minimum earnings of a Canadian, and from that they are paying a comparable federal tax rate, but have to pay for health insurance and out of pocket copay to even see a doctor.
That’s just the people up to the threshold of the minimum Canadians make. Nearly half of US workers earn less than $15/ hour, so not much more. Less than 20% of Canadians make that little.
Most Americans are paid less, pay the same taxes, get no healthcare in return, but have to pay for private insurance AND still have to pay out of pocket for any medical visit.