The Price Of Doing Business

8127972 writes: "It seems that a ton of high tech companies are leaving cities (like San Fran) with high costs of doing business for cheaper cities (Washington DC is mentioned due to new government spending) or even cities in Canada. Sounds like American high tech workers are going to have to learn to say the word "eh?" a lot."

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Welcome to Canada, folks ... (written by a Canuck)

[feelafel]

Advantages:

• lower fixed costs
  
• have to pay less for skilled workers
  
• health care is a cost savings for corporations
  
• you can boast that you're a citizen of the nation with the greatest male and female hockey players
  
• other nations don't have a seething hatred for you (justified or not)
  
• better beer
  
• funny comedians
  
• really good music
  
• an abundance of gorgeous people are our best kept secret
  
• it's harder to get shot "by accident" here.
  

Disadvantages

• get paid less as a skilled worker;
  
• almost 1/2 your paycheck goes to income tax, employment insurance, and the Canada Pension Plan (which will by dry in 10-20 years)
  
• only one airline, and man does it suck
  
• yeah, ok - it's a little colder
  
• the healthcare system is spiralling downwards due to funding shortages passed onto the provinces from a sneaky federal government that wants to report a "surplus"
  
• lack of world class cities and attractions

One thing that I find ironic is that it was only a few years ago that Nortel was threatening to leave Canada because of its taxation rates which hurt corporations trying to compete against those in the USA.

So Let's See...

[virg_mattes]

> The east says "eh", the west sounds just like Seattle.

Okay, then, let's get this straight:


East: "Sure, whatever, eh?"

West: "Sure, whatever, Seattle?"


I think I like it the Eastern way better, eh?

Virg