I was born and raised there. In 2001 I married my Canadian girlfriend and moved to Canada with her.
I am a transit bus driver. I was one in the USA too. When I left, my job started at $12.60 per hour (90%) and maxed out 5 years later at $14.00 per hour. Contacting those I left behind say today, 6.5 years later, the starting pay is $12.325 per hour (85%) which is actually LOWER today than it was then, but $14.50 after 5 years. Amazing! $14.00 in 2001 would need $16.52 today according to US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Starting wages are WAY down, and adjusted for inflation, top of scale stinks pretty badly too.
They used to have a half decent medical plan for $20 a week when I was there for a single person. Now it is $30 per week with a bigger deductible and co-pay.
When I moved to Nova Scotia, I got a job as a bus driver. At that time, it took $1.53C to make $1US. Now it takes $0.98C to make $1US. MY healthcare is FREE. My wages are over $19C per hour. I get more
2007-11-22 19:51:47 · 30 answers · asked by Mrs. Tammy Knows Better 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
vacation. I was able to buy a condo for about 20% less than a US equivalent. Fuel is slightly more, but public transit is significantly better, and improving. My life is great and getting better. I feel for those I left behind, their life is bad and getting worse.
2007-11-22 19:51:57 · update #1
saechao916 most cities in the USA outsource their transit to private firms, with weak unions.
Coach USA (an English owned firm) is the biggest. Greyhound/Laidlaw/First Student/First Transit/Ryder Truck Leasing (also an English firm).
Who'd expect anything less in the USA? Outsource ALL jobs to lower cost foreign owned companies. Freedom? From who? Your country is owned by foreign investors!
2007-11-22 20:07:08 · update #2
My taxes go to MY HEALTHCARE and other benefits I can actually USE. YOUR taxes go to Iraq, so will your great-grand children's. Bush is spending like a drunken sailor and you get NOTHING but the bill!
2007-11-22 20:10:48 · update #3
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2007-11-22 19:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
Actually it depends on where you live at and the job you have. Usually transit bus driver got it pretty good here sinces its a government job. They provide good benefits and the wages are pretty high.
The starting wages in california has increased alot...
The healthcare sucks, however. But at my work places its free if your a full time worker...
The CO pay and ER visit are like 15-20 bucks. Its not that bad... Not everywhere in the USA is that bad, theirs alot of things out there that USA offer... I don't know where you live in, but It must of sucked for you... Glad everything is going good.
2007-11-22 19:59:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, if my life revolved around money, I guess I'd be pretty depressed. Fortunately for me, money - something I have very little of - is not the basis for my contentedness.
I'm thankful for my family and friends. I'm thankful that I have a job that I love, even if the pay isn't great. I have a Bachelor's and Master's degree and could get a job making more, but, darn it! I just love this job too much right now. And I'm thankful for that.
I'm thankful that I got to share my life with the best dog in the world and I'm thankful that she let me know when the cancer was too much and it was time to put her down. I'm thankful for the 2 great dogs I now get to share my life with.
I'm thankful for all the adventures I've had in the first 46 years of my life. I'm thankful that my parents, though getting on in years, are both still alive.
I'm thankful for my health... that I can see, I can hear, I can walk... I don't take those for granted; I appreciate the fact that, though not in Olympic shape, I still have my physical health.
I'm thankful for a roof over my head and groceries in the fridge..
I'm thankful for being born in the U.S.
2007-11-22 20:34:59 · answer #3 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
well, i'm glad your doing well in canaduh. don't come running back here when you get somekind of cancer and get put on a 5 year waiting list and end up with a second and third rate doctor. I as an american have alot to be thankful for. the United states is still the best country in the world.
2007-11-23 00:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Spending like a drunken sailor? Hardly. Drunken sailors spend their own money. King George & Congress are spending MINE!
Nevertheless, I have tons of things for which to be thankful.
I'm saved, healthy, happily married, great job, great church family, true friends and a silly spoiled cat.
2007-11-23 01:03:13 · answer #5 · answered by mikey 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The scale you are using to measure gratitude is? I am unemployed. Laid off October 2006 due to a merger. My husband is disabled since December 2006 but not yet able to get disability because his company is giving him the run around. We together are going on 6 months without income of any kind, our savings will be depleted by December 15th. I apply for jobs but get no response from employers other than I am over qualified which means I am too old and this is okay since the alternative to being too old is dead and I'd rather be getting older than dead.
I am thankful for each day that my feet hit the floor of my bedroom. I am thankful that I still have a roof over my head. I am thankful for my good health. I am thankful for the food in my frig. I am thankful that my car and his truck and my home is paid for. I am thankful for the clothes on my back. I am thankful for my children. I am thankful for my friends. I am thankful for the freedom to worship my GOD in the temple of my choice. I am thankful for my mother who sacrificed for me. I am thankful for my free agency. I am glad you have so much. Do you see how rich I am?
2007-11-22 20:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by eek! 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
By the same token, there was a report that Canadian mothers had to come to the US to deliver their babies.
I wonder if they have anything to be grateful for? Or the people they left behind?
There are always to sides to a coin. I am sure there is a smuck in Canada that is not so well off and that there is someone in the US that is. and vice versa. Your implied reasoning is flawed.
I will always be grateful I am an American.
2007-11-22 20:03:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
i am thankful for the living blood in my veins, the people i love, and the music, liturature, and art of the world
as long as there is food and water in my stomach and i have a warm, dry, and safe place to sleep, the rest is just details.
2007-11-22 20:04:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Private Medical Care
2007-11-22 19:54:58 · answer #9 · answered by Marshall M 2 · 6⤊ 5⤋
Sounds like you made some good choices in your life. All I can say is I am lucky to be alive with so many hating us and my country falling on it's knees due to corruption. Does that count?
2007-11-22 20:06:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I agree with Jessica and MeanKitty. America kicks Canada's *** hands-down. Sure, you get national health care, but you Canadians are paying out the *** through taxes to cover it. Plus, you guys are stuck with Celine Dion. Hell, us Americans actually feel for YOU!
Damned condescending Canadians. Go rot in hell.
2007-11-22 20:07:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋