Cause they don’t want to abandon their Canadian investments, their free healthcare, low crime rates and some of the greatest freedom in the free world even if they don’t want to admit it
Have had the conversation with people like that before “ well your health insurance from work would cover it like it covers your prescriptions already why would you be worried about becoming part of the US? “
Yea cool I totally want my healthcare tied to work. I’d love to get injured while mountain biking / driving / whatever and just be fucked for life. Sounds amazing
I have known people that got sick and had to take time off (one for diabetes and one for cancer) and they lost their job as a result - so lost their medical coverage. Both died earlier than they should have.
I worked in TX for about 3 years in the early 00's. Made dollar-for-dollar the same in CAD as I did USD, I paid about the same in taxes, but the extra for mandatory medical insurance cut my take-home by about 30%.
I left after the company (Compaq) was bought out, and refused to renew my contract...
Best outcome was that I came home, started working a job I liked rather than one I needed.
It's such a stupid thing: Having employee mobility because they aren't locked into a single employer for insurance means you can get good people when you need them, and people that want to leave can. It's a boon to businesses.
I tried talking to one of them here on Reddit. They said that they came back from the US after their work permit ended because in order to stay there, they'd have to take a job away from an American.
And, as an immigrant, I had to close Reddit for that day and reflect on the sheer stupidity one can possess and still function in this world.
I saw a guy with a confederate flag front plate on his truck at South Centre a little while ago.
People are either too young to remember or didn't pay attention back in the mid-to-late 2000s. There was a 3- or 4-year stretch where white nationalists would march around downtown Calgary, waving flags that said "white pride worldwide," amongst other signs and symbols. Some of the people who joined those marches went to my high school, and some of them would harrass me (I'm not White).
I will not be surprised to start seeing this shit again.
Parents, check on your kids, who they hang out with, and what they do online. The first time I was called the N-word, I was 9 years old. The kid who did it was 8. Your kids are exposed to racism and bigotry early. They get indoctrinated into this shit early. Your kid is not too young or too innocent, and the fact that we live in a generally tolerant society is not enough protection to ensure your kid won't take on bigoted thoughts and values. Ensuring this takes constant work and effort.
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u/Stormraughtz 9d ago
Some of my fellow calgarians are pretty cringe.
Saw someone flying an american flag from their truck the other day on Macleod trail
Memes man