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Trump: ‘I’m really not trolling’ with talk of Canada as 51st state (thehill.com)
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[+] -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

We have a lower average median wage than the poorest state, and house prices that rival the US most expensive cities. Trump might be right when he says we cant govern ourselves, at least when people keep voting for the same cabinet that got us here, there might be something in the water at this point that requires urgent investigation.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    We have a lower average wage than the poorest state,

    Wow. Even a cursory Internet search could show that this is wholly and absolutely incorrect.

    The lowest Canadian minimum wage is $15/hr, in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The lowest wage is tied between Georgia and Wyoming at $5.15/hr.

    The exchange rate means that $5.15 USD = $7.13 CAD/hr. That’s less than half of what PEI minimum wage is. And for the record, even if I were to work at minimum wage, I would enjoy $17.85/hr, out here in BC. That’s 2.5× more!!

    And even when we look at averages, the state with the lowest average wage in America is Mississippi, with an average annual wage of $37,500/yr.

    When we look at Canada, the province with the lowest average wage in Canada is Prince Edward Island, with an average wage of $56,887/yr.

    Again, the exchange rate makes Mississippi’s average wage around $51,952 CAD/yr. That’s 90% of what the average PEI wage is.

    Your conservative “alternative facts” are nothing but bullshit.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    None of that is true. You really are a turnip. Go spend some time researching quality of life, income disparity, and taxation. Canada is better in all regards.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Median I meant. Its also significantly cheaper for housing in mississippi. Taxes are definitely cheaper there, where given your dollars value more of your taxes fall under a lower tax bracket, and if I'm not mistaken Mississippi just cut their income tax entirely.

    Again this is the worst US state we are comparing to, I'm not trying to pump them up as something amazing.

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