Comments by "Marvin Fine" (@torontovoice1) on "The Best Countries for Canadians to Move Overseas" video.

@tonespeaks I understand. Try the Canadian healthcare system, and see what happens if you need to see a specialist and have to wait 6 months for a 10-minute appointment. And then ask yourself if the millions of dollars you're paying in tax is worth it? Why are Canadians running to the US for medical services? That's my point
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@tonespeaks you need to look at not only what tax rates are, but what types of deductions are available. So for example, this is just one example there's hundreds. If you buy a piece of real estate and sell it and let's see you have a million dollars of capital gains, you can take that million and buy another property, and not pay capital gains on the first one. So you can keep rolling over properties and never pay Capital against tax. And then you can borrow money off those properties to cover your living expenses and you're able to pay off those loans as the property appreciates and you sell them. In Canada that doesn't work. The only thing you can write off are the capital cost allowances, but you're stuck paying the capital gains tax at 26 and a half percent in Ontario. That's a big chunk of money. So it's a real problem with wealth creation because every time you do a transaction, you are taxed whereas in the US, you are not if you roll it over. You can also write off the payments on your principal residence, you can't do that in Canada, and there's a whole list of provisions. You can write off a boat in the United States, you can't in Canada or you can also write off your own private jet. It's not the same thing trust me.
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@tonespeaks I understand that the crime is much higher in the US than it is in Canada. That's just a function of social programs. People will commit less crimes when they are less desperate. So if someone has what to eat, he's not going to go and do an armed robbery. I think we can agree with that. But, certain functions in Canada just don't work like medical for example. There is no two tier system in Canada, it's against the law. So no matter how much you pay in tax, you're waiting with the same guy who's collecting welfare. If you're collecting welfare, you'll probably think that's fair, but if you're paying millions of dollars in taxes, you might not. Generally speaking. If you pay money you get to buy services. That was the point I was making. There is no perfect country,
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That's a pretty good point. When people feel that they're tax money is being wasted, they either look to escape or figure out ways to pay less tax. Canada is bloody freezing, and the healthcare access is abysmal. If you pay a million dollars a year in tax, and you have to wait in line with someone that collects welfare and is a drug addict, is that fair? Well, the welfare recipient would say yes and so with a lot of the lefties, but they're not paying any tax. They want to unload their social agenda on you!
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@tonespeaks well, you know the ratio of doctors to people in Canada is very low I believe it's 2.4 compared to other countries which are typically 3.5 to 4. The other thing is that Canada admits millions of asylum seekers many of them who jumped across the US border and they immediately give them the same healthcare the Canadians get, which only makes the q get longer. I also couldn't take the real cold Winters. That's why I left. I do go back all the time to visit, but I can tell you if you're ever really sick and you need to see a specialist for something, you can wait a year a year and a half in pain. And then you ask yourself, why am I paying all these taxes when I can't access any service? I think if they brought out a two-tier medical system in Canada, and had a small copay for each time you went to a doctor, things would get a whole lot better.
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