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U.S. has only 51 states while Canada has 338 electoral districts each of which elects the member of parliament who is equivalent to "1 electoral college vote" for the PM. Imagine if there were no electoral districts in Canada and PM was elected by majority of people. We would not have this clown...

And once again, I am not sure if the above post is a sarcasm or real thoughts. I think it is a sarcasm. Could you, please, confirm if I am correct

I guess, setting political preferences aside, most people will agree that the quality of U.S. presidents decreases over time since Reagan.

Despite being Republican/Conservative, I fully agree with this statement. All three candidates in the last 2 elections (Clinton, Trump, and Biden) were awful.

51% is not VAST majority. It is just a small majority. And why do you always want to compare Biden to Trump? If Trump was so bad but only 51% people preferred Biden to Trump, what does sit say about the preference between "regular" democratic and conservative candidate? If Trump was so bad but...

Of 51% of the people. Enough to win, not enough to say he represents the vast majority. Same applies to Trump and to almost any other president in the past.

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Agree with the last part - the law must be changed. But given current laws, there is no reasons to blame the developers. If you want to blame someone - blame the government that allows such contracts.

And the last statement is an axiom that does not need any proof. And if someone decide to provide such proof then it is an axiom that any proof is a valid proof

Here is the official Statistics Canada link for you: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110005501 Threshold value for top 1% income earners in 2019 was $250,300, number of people: 287,490. And here is the definition of the income threshold for you from the same source: "An...

Did you read your own link???? It says "top 1% earns, on average, $500K" It is exactly what I said: the average income of "top 1%" is $496K. Again, it is the AVERAGE among ALL top 1%. The threshold (i.e., 99th percentile) is $244,800, i.e., everyone who earns $250K is in the top 1%. The next...

I just used google search: threshold for "top 1% income in Canada" is $244,800; threshold for top 0.1% is $776,000. I.e., if you earn $250 pre-tax ($150K after tax), you are in top 1%. Average income of all "top 1 % earners" is $496,000 (but average has little meaning since it includes people...

It is all relative. The life that people can afford in Canada working at the minimum wage job at Walmart will be the life of top 5% in Russia outside the major metropolitan centres, and, I bet, top 0.1% in many African countries. The problem with taxing $1M+ earners is that, if it is am...

So, you are talking about old people who already have money. Of course, if you already have money for a house, you can save on mortgage :). How about young MBAs or Doctors? If they are good, they can reach $200K very fast. Yet, they will have neither time no money to support a family. Of course...

So, what you are describing is a mid of mid-class life. Let;'s allow the house to worth $1.3M: that will bring mortgage + taxes+insurance Are you trying to tell me that a person who is in top 1% income can support a family with non-working wife and a kid living in a small house or way in...

Diversity is good in moderation. To be able to continue to care about all the people living in a country and avoid any discrimination, we need to limit the number and type of people whom we allow to immigrate. The fact that my argument may offend someone does not meat it is wrong. Truth does not...

No, I am saying that top 1% are not rich by any means: they are the one that fly Economy class to go to Disneyworld and save money for a vacation. Of course, if you chose not to have a family and live in a 1-bedroom apartment, you may have much more money left for entertainment, but, yet, you...

Survive? Yes. Live comfortably? No. Let's just do a bit of calculation: Semi-decent house withing 10 km from work: $2.5M with $500K down payment. 25 years mortgage is $8,400/month. Should I continue? A way back in suburbs where you can buy a house with $1M paying $6000K mortgage, $1000K...

Say it to all rape victims: they can surely defend themselves with their fists.

And the guys who died would be alive if they stayed at home too? So, we should all stay at home, right?