[QUOTE=Udacha;2259606]There sure is a lot of liberal media talking points on this thread. I believe a lot of the statements about Trump will be found to be untrue. The mainstream medias bias is insane to say the least. I recently read that two of the
women that accused Trump of groping retracted their statement and admitted they were paid.
An observation about snowbirds and Healthcare.... I live in an area that has been a huge Snowbird
destination for over 50 years and it is next to impossible to get a doctor's appointment in the
winter time here and the parking lots at doctors offices are packed with Canadian
license plates. I'm curious how that fits in with Canadian isurance. I do know that if you go to the doctor's office and just pay cash it's really not that expensive. Obamacare has been the biggest scam on American people in generations. When my oldest daughter was born about 11 years ago ( I got a late start ) and when I was ready to take my
family home I had three choices. Pay for it with
insurance that would have been a bit over 12k or make payments to them that would have been just over 9k or just write him a check for $2,800. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out, I wrote the check.
It seems most on this thread are missing a very big point about Trump election. I notice that it seems to be difficult for Americans to move to Canada due to immigration policies. Massive problem in America, Obama seems to just not care who comes into our country. No education no money no skills no problem, come on in. Immigration is the biggest and most talked-about thing in the Trump election and if he fixes that he will be a hero.
I'm a retired General Contractor and can tell you with certainty that the Mexican invasion in America has destroyed the construction industry. The construction industry was 30 to 40% of the economy in many states. Construction is at a standstill and is slower than it has been in Generations.
In the 70s when I started, a worker had to go through apprenticeship programs to become a journeyman and the pay was good. I don't care that some are dismissive about the Reagan Administration, a lot of middle-class made a lot of money. It's hard to do that anymore now. In the 80s where I am an okay worker could expect 15 to $20 an hour. In the 90s, 20 to $30 an hour, but most of the trades paid by piecework ( you were paid by how much
work you got done ) and made much more than those wages. Today the same jobs pay 10 to $12 to unskilled Mexicans. Craftsman and Journeymen are very rare and wouldn't surprise me if they become extinct in the future. But we do need a lot of liberal arts majors lol. Poor
kids today go to college to get a useless education and a huge bill when they're done. Hopefully they can reinvent
trade schools in the future.[/QUOT
We both come from the same backgrounds in a way. I've been in the land development and house building my whole life. I've traveled extensively in the
USA , even had a sister company in
San Diego that we shared our business strategy with and would visit each other every 6 months or so to share all
parts of our business.
I looked forward to those meetings because no matter how close were were geography and business wise we had very different views on how our business should be conducted. Needless to say we both learned a lot and I listened very careful to his opinions, you never learn much from people that agree with your point of view.
I can tell you that in our business anyways we operated in a similar fashion but there were large differences. As a business we are one of the most regulated businesses in the country with laws from virtually every level of every form of
government from the City right up to the Feds. Canada does have a heavier set of
regulations but Americans are similar.
After business we used to talk a little politics and on this point we both had similar opinions
As to who Trump is, it's pretty much out there, he's been recorded and photographed most of his life so he is who he is. That man must have sent a million tweets out. He likes the ladies and he loves being paid attention to. He ran the most negative campaign that I have ever been exposed to, very little content other than emotion BUT he obviously had a good understanding of his voters and won the election, so good on him and while I'm not American I do wish him all the luck as your country will need it.
Immigration is always a touchy subject for many reasons, if controlled it can be a boost to any countries economy and certainly both of our countries have received benifits from it. We are both countries that grew and prospered because of it but countries need to control it.
When Bush and gang started the Iraq war they really buggered up the middle east and the Syrian crisis was a direct result however the USA never paid the
price but
Europe sure did, with millions of migrants heading north. Canada even took in 60,000 Syrians this year while the USA agreed to 10,000. So in life not everything is fair, US starts a war and the rest of the world lives with the aftermath.
All that said we only wish for the best for our southern neighbours and we wish Trump every success in his new leadership role.
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