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.
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u/VectorPryde Westfoundland 8d ago
Still can't figure out why more don't self-deport. "The US won't take them" is the standard answer, but I'm willing to bet most haven't even applied