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Re: You live in a democracy, right?
By:KenC
Date: 1/23/2002, 12:20 am
In Response To: Re: You live in a democracy, right? (Greg Hughes)

: We live in a Constitutional Monarchy which is a democracy and a far cry from
: socialism.

If only it were so.

: The biggest obstacle for us in buying American products is the
: fact that our Canadian dollar is about on par with the peso. Maybe that
: has something to do with the fact that we have around 30 million people in
: our country as opposed to the almost 300 million in the USA.

I'm not so sure. We've always had only a fraction of the population of the US, but the Canuck buck has only recently been stinking as bad as it does now. There's no correlation. There was even a time when our buck was worth more than the US dollar.

The lousy exchange rate is certainly part of it, but there's plenty of stuff thats still cheaper to buy in the US, based purely on currency exchange. It only becomes prohibitively expensive when brokerage fees, customs "processing" fees, and exhorbitant shipping rates (how much REAL difference could there possibly be, in the cost to ship from say, Florida to Seattle, or Florida to Vancouver) get added on.

: It's too bad our trade problem is not easily remedied by simply voting
: someone out of office.

Since when did it become easy to vote someone out of office? A crate of dynamite couldn't dislodge our current dictator (oh - I mean our fearless leader) from his lofty perch.

Messages In This Thread

Other: NAFTA; a short rant
daren neufeld -- 1/20/2002, 10:45 am
Re: thanks; this is fun! :D *NM*
daren neufeld -- 1/23/2002, 9:52 pm
Easy: Make Your Own
Chip Sandresky -- 1/22/2002, 6:09 pm
Free Trade.
John Monfoe -- 1/23/2002, 6:23 am
You live in a democracy, right?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/22/2002, 5:16 pm
BTW...
Brian Nystrom -- 1/23/2002, 1:26 pm
Re: BTW...
KenC -- 1/24/2002, 1:41 pm
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 4:49 am
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Greg Hughes -- 1/23/2002, 11:28 am
Far enough off topic to be on
don flowers -- 1/23/2002, 3:33 pm
Princess Auto
Greg Hughes -- 1/23/2002, 8:25 pm
Re: Princess Auto
don flowers -- 1/24/2002, 1:20 pm
Re: Princess Auto
Greg Hughes -- 1/24/2002, 3:12 pm
Re: Princess Auto
Greg -- 1/26/2002, 10:02 am
Good score -- thanks for the info *NM*
don flowers -- 1/24/2002, 10:55 am
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 12:11 pm
Debt? Hmm....
Richard Boyle -- 1/23/2002, 9:16 am
Re: Debt? Hmm....
Brian Nystrom -- 1/23/2002, 1:05 pm
Re: Debt? Hmm....
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 5:08 pm
GNP Now? I guess my age is showing. ;) *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 1/23/2002, 5:36 pm
Re: GNP Now? I guess my age is showing. ;)
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 6:06 pm
Re: Debt? Hmm....
Joe -- 1/23/2002, 10:35 am
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Greg Hughes -- 1/22/2002, 9:54 pm
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
KenC -- 1/23/2002, 12:20 am
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Dale Frolander -- 1/23/2002, 2:07 am
He shoots, he scores.
Greg Hughes -- 1/23/2002, 8:34 pm
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Brian Nystrom -- 1/23/2002, 1:01 pm
But that would be a French whine, non? :) *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/23/2002, 5:20 pm
ROZFLMEO
Brian Nystrom -- 1/23/2002, 5:42 pm
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
Dale Frolander -- 1/23/2002, 3:32 pm
Huh
Skookum Tyee -- 1/23/2002, 2:46 am
Re: democracy, not!!
daren neufeld -- 1/22/2002, 8:06 pm
Re: You live in a democracy, right?
don flowers -- 1/22/2002, 6:34 pm
Re: yakima footbraces?
LeeG -- 1/20/2002, 4:13 pm
Re: yakima footbraces?
daren neufeld -- 1/20/2002, 11:25 pm
Re: ooops
LeeG -- 1/21/2002, 7:13 am
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Richard Boyle -- 1/20/2002, 3:08 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
James Neely -- 1/20/2002, 12:48 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
KenC -- 1/20/2002, 2:56 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Ross Sieber -- 1/21/2002, 2:57 am
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Richard Boyle -- 1/21/2002, 9:00 am
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Ken Sutherland -- 1/21/2002, 12:59 am
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Greg Hughes -- 1/21/2002, 3:05 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Shawn Baker -- 1/21/2002, 3:57 pm
Get red cedar while you can
Tom -- 1/21/2002, 5:29 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Shawn Baker -- 1/21/2002, 3:56 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Tom -- 1/21/2002, 3:46 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Tom -- 1/21/2002, 2:29 am
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
don -- 1/20/2002, 3:06 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
Shawn Baker -- 1/21/2002, 1:51 pm
Re: Other: NAFTA; a short rant
don flowers -- 1/21/2002, 4:12 pm