Originally Posted By: tenderloin
expat
If your name means what I believe it does, IMO you have lost all right to even burp about this country...
If not, then be thankful that many of our dollars go to our neighbor to the North.
I’m not sure what you are referring to, I could claim citizenship in many countries, but not the U.S.
I have worked I the U.S. , I have friends in the U.S. , I have money invested in U.S. companies. I care about the U.S. economy, sadly, probably more than many Americans
We have a saying in Canada “If the U.S. economy sneezes, Canada gets the Flu” Yes, it’s nice to some extent that U.S. money is flowing North for our oil, but with the U.S. $ now at Par with our Dollar, it means my exports are now not competitively priced in the U.S., which in turn hurts our local economy. Stability would be better.
No, I don’t believe for a moment that cutting fuel consumption would cut fuel prices, Would you want your government to do that? Really, you guys have a lot of rebuilding to do down there, 6 million houses in foreclosure, countless more families over there head in debit! Someone has to pay the piper!
OK stick your head in the sand and send the wife off on the school run in a Superduty F250, but for your own good, you might want to start to Expect things to change!