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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Oh please gimme a break.
Not that I think Canada should contribute a dime, but take away Canada's natural resources tomorrow and your government is left with no money to throw at a population that is EXACTLY as self-entitled as Europeans are. People in the western countries have been living above their means for decades, simple as that. You guys (and Norway) are just lucky you got this black goo in the soil to support that lifestyle. That's the only difference. Managing finances responsibly my eye.
(BTW can you tell I'm so bitter about this bailout thing?)
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Your point is completely irrelevant, we do have oil and natural resources, so there is no, if you didn't have it you'd be dirt farmers. Before Oil we farmed quite successfully.
Saying if you didn't have Oil you'd be broke sounds like a spoiled 12 year old girl wailing, if you didn't have boobies you wouldn't be popular.
As a nation you have to make due, and at least pretend to live up to your means.
Giving money to Europe is the same as tossing bundles of $500.00 bills into a barrel and lighting them on fire while singing a jaunty hobo tune.
There are no trade concessions that we really need from Europe that are significant enough for us to bail them out, and sending money to them only encourages them to keep asking for more while not getting their houses in order.
Europe literally needs a slap in the face and a dunk in the ice cold water of reality.
We need to safe guard our funds and develop markets that can actually pay for our goods. We need to look at getting away from being so tightly linked to the U.S. economy.
We don't need to give our money to Europe.