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Average Canadian richer than average American
« on: July 18, 2012, 11:53:17 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-15/hardheaded-socialism-makes-canada-richer-than-u-s-.html

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On July 1, Canada Day, Canadians awoke to a startling, if pleasant, piece of news: For the first time in recent history, the average Canadian is richer than the average American.

According to data from Environics Analytics WealthScapes published in the Globe and Mail, the net worth of the average Canadian household in 2011 was $363,202, while the average American household’s net worth was $319,970.

A few days later, Canada and the U.S. both released the latest job figures. Canada’s unemployment rate fell, again, to 7.2 percent, and America’s was a stagnant 8.2 percent. Canada continues to thrive while the U.S. struggles to find its way out of an intractable economic crisis and a political sine curve of hope and despair.

The difference grows starker by the month: The Canadian system is working; the American system is not. And it’s not just Canadians who are noticing. As Iceland considers switching to a currency other than the krona, its leaders’ primary focus of interest is the loonie -- the Canadian dollar.

U-S-A! U-S-A!
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 11:54:45 AM »
jingle.boy>kingshmegland
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 11:59:25 AM »
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 12:02:15 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on July 18, 2012, 11:59:25 AM
That's gonna get sig'd

So it will.  I'll let it slide.  They gave us Rush.
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2012, 12:04:01 PM »
Rush > kingshmegland
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2012, 12:09:00 PM »
Quote from: theseoafs on July 18, 2012, 12:04:01 PM
Rush > kingshmegland

I do play a mean Limelight solo.  Though, I've never played mercy with them.
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2012, 03:06:30 PM »
Yay us! :metal :metal :metal
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2012, 06:42:53 PM »
Owen: "Why don't we pay it off in Canadian dollars and save ourselves some money?"
Peter: "Alright, just so you know, if that's a route that you're interested in traveling, it's $50,000 american, it would be 70,000, roughly, Canadian dollars."
Owen: "Howe are we gonna come up with $120,000?"
Gordon (Stephen Root): "Owen, no, no. You don't add 'em together. And technically, Peter, I'm sorry to say this, but it's uh, more like $73,313."
Dwight (Chris Williams): "Well, it doesn't matter. Weacan't come up with $50,000. We're screwed."
Steve the Pirate: "Gar!"
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2012, 07:14:32 PM »
I would love to see this in P/R.
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2012, 09:17:32 PM »
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2012, 01:04:12 PM »
Not rocket science.
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Re: Average Canadian richer than average American
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2012, 04:27:33 PM »
Not at all surprising, but still pretty awesome.
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