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Canada-Wide Wireless Broadband Network Planned
twilight30 writes "From the Globe and Mail, Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada have said they will put aside their competitive differences to jointly build and manage a Canada-wide wireless broadband network. It is hoped they will initially reach more than two-thirds of Canadians in less than three years." From the article: "The two communications companies will pool their wireless broadband spectrum into a joint venture called Inukshuk Internet Inc. The network will cover more than 40 cities, and 50 rural and remote communities across the country. Users will be able to access the Internet and use voice, video streaming and data applications both inside their home, as well as on the go."
From this informative webpage: the words Trip MasterMonkey (trip mas-tur mun-kee) is an English term that means "Karma Whore". It is a slashdot subscriber who pre-types inane comments for first post in an attempt at getting the sacred slashdot karma. Clever name for a karma whore.
A country who's Supreme Court agrees that to prevent someone from spending their own money for healthcare is unconstitutional, but can be overruled by the government's application of a constitutional "notwithstanding" clause is doubly barbaric.
I was born there. My father was murdered there by being tax-robbed of the funds needed to pay for the surgery to save his life so he'd be "guaranteed" the healthcare he didn't get. I want no part of such a society.
You know, the "average" German wasn't affected by the murder of six million plus Jews. Yeah, yeah, Godwin's law. When the "average" is more important than the individual, you have communism. Didn't work for Russia, won't work for Canada.
And, don't even dare to suggest that 75% of Canadians using ER services should see their doctor instead -- there's such a shortage, they probably can't find one. "Going to emergency" is a cultural ritual.
I wonder how many other Canadians are tax-murdered by the state on an annual basis, and why the fuck are almost all pro-Canada posters anonymous? 'Fraid to lose Karma, eh. Cowards, definately.
You could've hired me.
Yes, if, after being so heavily taxed, you can afford to do so. With the fraction of taxes my father paid for "health care", he couldn't afford to do so.
If there wasn't a universal health care system, his taxes would have been lower, and he could have saved up the funds many times over to, as you say, "travel to the states and spend your own money". If he had that opportunity, and frittered his money away, then yes, his death would have been the result of his own incompetence (as well as a bit of bad luck to be so desperately ill in the first place).
But, the government denied him that opportunity. It took so much of his money "for health care", and then turned around and failed to deliver what, if he was not so tax-robbed, he could have obtained for himself. If you steal a diabetic's money, so they can't get to the pharmacy to purchase the insulin they need, and they die as a result, you have murdered them. And so it is with the Canadian government.
It is funny, though, with all this talk of "fairness" that the very rich in Canada, and politicians at the public's expense do retain the means to save their own lives with their own money. Clearly, "universal" Canadian healthcare is nothing but a murderous, fraudulent, sham.
You could've hired me.
Clearly, "universal" Canadian healthcare is nothing but a murderous, fraudulent, sham
Really? And the American system is better? What about an American system that forces people into bankruptcy, and where those who cannot pay are left to die?
From the link:
About half cited medical causes, which indicates that 1.9-2.2 million Americans (filers plus dependents) experienced medical bankruptcy. Among those whose illnesses led to bankruptcy, out-of-pocket costs averaged $11,854 since the start of illness
Yeah, that's waaaaaaay better.
That took all of two seconds on google.
Dieing because one can not afford the medical treatment they need or becoming bankrupt after paying for it is no one's fault. It's bad luck.
Taking one's money, to ostensibly provide health care, and then failing to deliver what could otherwise be obtained in a free market with the funds taken, makes one worse off than if one were left alone. If one dies as a result, that is murder.
It would be one thing if the government offered health insurance, even subsidized it. But, to force people to pay for it with monies that could deliver the services promised far more effectively is barbaric.
My health insurance premiums are about US$14k a year, and that provides for gold-plated care (no lifetime max, no copays, etc.) I am married, with a "stay at home mom" for a wife. We file our taxes jointly. That is not possible in Canada. If a family like ours were to move from the U.S. to Canada, they would likely see their tax burden increase far more than what it would cost them to obtain this kind of health insurance (The working spouse would effectively file as single, with the approximae equivalent of an exemption for their spouse).
Trouble is, they wouldn't get the type of service or coverage it would pay for in the U.S.
You could've hired me.