First of all, it doesn't make much sense to talk of the "Canadian system." While the federal government does provide some funding and services, most healthcare in Canada is run by the provinces, so quality varies significantly between them.
Secondly, the tax burden is nowhere near 70% in Canada. If you earn over $150000, you might pay 50% of your salary in taxes, but more than that is unheard of. If you have a good accountant and create a corporation you own to funnel your earnings through, and to own your property, you can pay below 20%, depending on the situation (there are many tax breaks for the first 200 000 in revenue a small company generates, you can depreciate your house, car, etc. and use that as an expense, and so forth). An average, middle-class person probably pays 25-35% in taxes.
Besides, while I dislike how Harper is trying to turn Canada more into the US, I voted for him mainly due to how good Jim Flaherty, our Minister of Finance, is. Seriously, he has managed to make Canada mostly sidestep the recession, and minimized the damage in spite of how 85% of our trade is with the US, and our dollar is strong right now.
Actually, most equipment, such as Scantron, etc, does. While it's possible to do it optically, it can be done much faster by using electrical conductivity. That said, when, instead of correctly spotting 100 marks on a multiple choice answer sheet, you only need to do a few points, optical sensors probably make more sense.
I'd say that it takes a fair bit more than 200k to get to the "prove a point" phase? Why? I make more than that as an actuary and from investments, but with it I make sure that I never have to clean, cook, do the laundry, buy groceries, change a light bulb, fix something, or do basically any manual labor. That isn't cheap in a first world country. The way I see it is, while I could retire and earn a middle-class income from 2 apartments and a house I rent out, I can instead work 7.5 hours 5 times a week and have the rest of my time be real free time, as opposed to spending most of that time doing mundane tasks required to keep a household going.
Some people derive happiness from striving to get more of something, from improving their life, or themselves. Why does Carlos Slim still go around buying and turning companies around? Considering how he's probably the world's richest man, he obviously has no need to do so, so therefore he does it because he enjoys it.
Basically, one can derive happiness from the journey, as opposed to just the destination.
No. By thinking rationally, you can figure out what the appropriate reaction is to other people and other stimuli, and thus reach better results. Of course, that requires being a good actor, but if you fake emotions often you'll get tons of practice.
Well, how did you expect a 2-hour movie made on a low budget to cover every character in detail and provide them with proper character development? There's only time for so much, and while some of the action could be cut, that would provide room to develop at most 1 more character.
Actually, Al-Qaeda's goal is to get American troops out of the Middle East. They don't hate your culture, freedom, etc. They hate you for invading their holy land and occupying it.
Frankly, I don't see why people care so much about the number of apps. While I don't use a lot of apps, and I don't play games on my cellphone, I've found that for there was a WP8 app for everything that I wanted, that worked well. So why do I care if there are 100 music player apps, for example, if there's 1 that works well and does everything I want?
It's very common nowadays. I'm in university right now and I know a number of people who use Adderall to study, for example. But most people I know are in the Faculty of Mathematics, like me. I've heard rates are far higher for med students due to how much they need to memorize.
Keep in mind that just because something can be done without a bribe doesn't mean it was a waste of money. In third world countries it's common to pay bribes just to speed paperwork and inspections up, so you don't have to wait a year to get approval or something. I say this as someone from Argentina, where bribes are very common in business.
You talk about gifted programs as if kids are placed in solitary confinement in them. I went through one of those programs in Ontario, and I am glad that I did. The people in my classes were all at least smart, and while some didn't study, they were smart enough to do well anyways. I got along with most people in my classes, and made plenty of friends. Admittedly, most people in the program came from middle or upper-class family, and were almost all white or asian, but we still ended up forming natural relationships with classmates.
As far as sports, I was on the school's rugby team, and out of the 22 players on the team, only one wasn't in the gifted program.
There is a very big difference between an event that caused the deaths of ~3000 people, and the overthrow of a democratic government and propping up of a brutal dictatorship. Asking Iranians to get over the Shah is like asking Jews to forget about the Holocaust.
Actually, I believe that the ancient romans had flushing toilets. Rich romans also used iceboxes, packed with snow brought down in insulated barrels from the mountains.
Not necessarily. Sometimes you find that a particular book or author particularly resonates with you.
For me, the books that I'd say had the greatest impact are: The Stranger, by Albert Camus
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
Fathers and Sons, by Turgenev
The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
various works by Herman Hesse
Serious question: why didn't she travel to Mexico to get the rest of the shots? It seems that for far less than 35 grand she could have stayed at a nice hotel in Mexico while she needed to get the shots (I assume that since it was 6 doses that they weren't all at once).
Actually, IAAA (I Am An Actuary) and for most home and car insurance plans, the company basically breaks even. The overheads and profits come from investing the money.
If you really want a safe investment, then it should be something with intrinsic value. Gold does not have many industrial applications and so it is NOT a safe investment, as once people realize that it is almost worthless, it will be. In contrast, platinum has many industrial applications and so while its price is more volatile, it will always retain a good part of its value.
Not really. There are many psychological studies that show people put in positions of power abuse them (notice that I said put, not sought out, which shows that regular people, and not just sociopaths, abuse their positions).
The most famous study is of course the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment/
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First of all, it doesn't make much sense to talk of the "Canadian system." While the federal government does provide some funding and services, most healthcare in Canada is run by the provinces, so quality varies significantly between them. Secondly, the tax burden is nowhere near 70% in Canada. If you earn over $150000, you might pay 50% of your salary in taxes, but more than that is unheard of. If you have a good accountant and create a corporation you own to funnel your earnings through, and to own your property, you can pay below 20%, depending on the situation (there are many tax breaks for the first 200 000 in revenue a small company generates, you can depreciate your house, car, etc. and use that as an expense, and so forth). An average, middle-class person probably pays 25-35% in taxes.
Besides, while I dislike how Harper is trying to turn Canada more into the US, I voted for him mainly due to how good Jim Flaherty, our Minister of Finance, is. Seriously, he has managed to make Canada mostly sidestep the recession, and minimized the damage in spite of how 85% of our trade is with the US, and our dollar is strong right now.
Actually, most equipment, such as Scantron, etc, does. While it's possible to do it optically, it can be done much faster by using electrical conductivity. That said, when, instead of correctly spotting 100 marks on a multiple choice answer sheet, you only need to do a few points, optical sensors probably make more sense.
I'd say that it takes a fair bit more than 200k to get to the "prove a point" phase? Why? I make more than that as an actuary and from investments, but with it I make sure that I never have to clean, cook, do the laundry, buy groceries, change a light bulb, fix something, or do basically any manual labor. That isn't cheap in a first world country. The way I see it is, while I could retire and earn a middle-class income from 2 apartments and a house I rent out, I can instead work 7.5 hours 5 times a week and have the rest of my time be real free time, as opposed to spending most of that time doing mundane tasks required to keep a household going.
Some people derive happiness from striving to get more of something, from improving their life, or themselves. Why does Carlos Slim still go around buying and turning companies around? Considering how he's probably the world's richest man, he obviously has no need to do so, so therefore he does it because he enjoys it. Basically, one can derive happiness from the journey, as opposed to just the destination.
No. By thinking rationally, you can figure out what the appropriate reaction is to other people and other stimuli, and thus reach better results. Of course, that requires being a good actor, but if you fake emotions often you'll get tons of practice.
Well, how did you expect a 2-hour movie made on a low budget to cover every character in detail and provide them with proper character development? There's only time for so much, and while some of the action could be cut, that would provide room to develop at most 1 more character.
Seriously? Starship Troopers is one of my favorite movies. It combines violence, witty dialogue, and wonderful satire.
It's not that unusual an idea. Here in Argentina, no one has a TV in the living or dining room, it is considered to be of poor taste.
Actually, Al-Qaeda's goal is to get American troops out of the Middle East. They don't hate your culture, freedom, etc. They hate you for invading their holy land and occupying it.
Frankly, I don't see why people care so much about the number of apps. While I don't use a lot of apps, and I don't play games on my cellphone, I've found that for there was a WP8 app for everything that I wanted, that worked well. So why do I care if there are 100 music player apps, for example, if there's 1 that works well and does everything I want?
It's very common nowadays. I'm in university right now and I know a number of people who use Adderall to study, for example. But most people I know are in the Faculty of Mathematics, like me. I've heard rates are far higher for med students due to how much they need to memorize.
Keep in mind that just because something can be done without a bribe doesn't mean it was a waste of money. In third world countries it's common to pay bribes just to speed paperwork and inspections up, so you don't have to wait a year to get approval or something. I say this as someone from Argentina, where bribes are very common in business.
You talk about gifted programs as if kids are placed in solitary confinement in them. I went through one of those programs in Ontario, and I am glad that I did. The people in my classes were all at least smart, and while some didn't study, they were smart enough to do well anyways. I got along with most people in my classes, and made plenty of friends. Admittedly, most people in the program came from middle or upper-class family, and were almost all white or asian, but we still ended up forming natural relationships with classmates. As far as sports, I was on the school's rugby team, and out of the 22 players on the team, only one wasn't in the gifted program.
There is a very big difference between an event that caused the deaths of ~3000 people, and the overthrow of a democratic government and propping up of a brutal dictatorship. Asking Iranians to get over the Shah is like asking Jews to forget about the Holocaust.
Actually, I believe that the ancient romans had flushing toilets. Rich romans also used iceboxes, packed with snow brought down in insulated barrels from the mountains.
Not necessarily. Sometimes you find that a particular book or author particularly resonates with you. For me, the books that I'd say had the greatest impact are: The Stranger, by Albert Camus Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad Fathers and Sons, by Turgenev The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway various works by Herman Hesse
Serious question: why didn't she travel to Mexico to get the rest of the shots? It seems that for far less than 35 grand she could have stayed at a nice hotel in Mexico while she needed to get the shots (I assume that since it was 6 doses that they weren't all at once).
Actually, IAAA (I Am An Actuary) and for most home and car insurance plans, the company basically breaks even. The overheads and profits come from investing the money.
I think many German cars are limited to 155 mph, not sure if it's done with a chip or with a modification to the throttle though.
Except for the fact that Mexico is in _North_ America.
If you really want a safe investment, then it should be something with intrinsic value. Gold does not have many industrial applications and so it is NOT a safe investment, as once people realize that it is almost worthless, it will be. In contrast, platinum has many industrial applications and so while its price is more volatile, it will always retain a good part of its value.
Not really. There are many psychological studies that show people put in positions of power abuse them (notice that I said put, not sought out, which shows that regular people, and not just sociopaths, abuse their positions). The most famous study is of course the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment/