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LOL @ Sarah Palin clowning the f*** out of Barack Obama

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The King:

--- Quote ---Canada isn't a good example of high prices. Their imports far exceed their exports, and their taxes are astronomically high because of universal health care.
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It's not the greatest example, but seeing that the quality of life is about the same, I think it's fair. I'm Canadian, and I can tell you for a fact, our taxes are not astronomically high. The average american person pays about 29% income tax, the average canadian 32%. We have a fixed sales tax at 7%, plus 0-5% additional taxes based on which province you live in. America's average sales tax is around 5%, I believe. If you make less then 17,000 you pay no income tax. So really all considered, for the average person, we pay around 3-4% more in taxes then the average American. Our food prices are probably twice as high, fuel costs are about twice as high. Canada ain't perfect though, our dollars are the nearly the same, yet we haven't benefited at all in the ways of costs. Also in to take into consideration, our medical system is completely covered, prescription drugs are cheaper, and a 4 year college/university education only costs us around 30,000 at our top schools. I've heard many American colleges cost more then that, per year. We pay higher taxes and get cheaper education and health care (and arguably equal quality).

About oil, America uses something like 6 billion barrels a year in oil, and only has 20 billion of proven reserves. Theirs more, but it's harder and more expensive to actually get to the oil. The alternatives exist, and are utilized across the world. Solar, wind, geothermal, all proven, all work. It isn't a matter of time, it's a simple matter of the government making it happen. Natural gas reserves are immense, they could replace gas in cars, or use 10% ethanol blends until hydrogen takes over in a decade or so. It's not a matter of just finding more oil, the change could happen anytime. Obama has compromised on offshore drilling, McCain doesn't even have solar/wind in his energy plan. ANWR is a different story though,it's totally against environmentalism. Drilling their also shows the world the US doesn't care about the environment, as long as it can get oil. The problem is, America wastes oil, it burns it for power, etc. It has a lot more important uses then just as a fuel, like chemical feed stocks, plastics etc.

WestCoasta:
this lady is so fake

I love the pic with the big gun, nice to know she can fool retards into thinking she's one of the guys  :laugh:

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