The average Canadian is now richer than the average American.

Lyndon LaRouche wrote:

Understand that the "average Canadian" is the median Canadian

Average is not ( always) the same as median.

liberal realist wrote:

probably because there is less income inequality there.

Dear Liberal Idiot,

Please please pleassseeee be a troll. Otherwise I pray for your death before you get to vote. Economic inequality has nothing to do with this issue, if you understood simple math you would understand this fact. Secondly, economic inequality is what has made, and continues to make this country the greatest country on the face of the earth.

crazy person wrote:

I was going to comment on the value of the 2nd largest reserves of oil in a country of 34,000,000 people, but this thread has evolved into racism, so I will not impart my knowledge on such unworthy folks.

Hey, I'm with you. I was going to share my grandma's apple pie recipe here but now, with all this racism on this thread, I will not impart such sacred knowledge.

Stats Mann wrote:

Average is not ( always) the same as median.

Average is never the same as median, but these two may sometimes have the same value.

Canada is now a better country than America. Lower taxes (overall), less inflation, more economic freedom, more favorable trade balance and the politicians are less malicious than they are here.

America has failed. Obama's second term will be the biggest nightmare this country has ever experienced.

Stefan Hahking wrote:

Dear Liberal Idiot,

... economic inequality is what made this country the greatest country on the face of the earth in the past

Fixed!

Stefan Hahking wrote:

economic inequality is what has made, and continues to make this country the greatest country on the face of the earth.

Explain, prease...

America's Hat has never had it so good.

Yo Hahking, if average in this case is defined as the median income (the 50th percentile), then economic inequality has EVERYTHING to do with this issue. You sure you understand simple math?

Quarter Inch wrote:

Explain, prease...

Income inequality is totally irrelevant to human happiness and well-being. What matter are opportunity and absolute standards of living, not where one person stands in relation to another. The losers who babble constantly about 'inequality' are stuck on a comparison... they feel envy toward people who are better off than them and would rather destroy the good fortune of others than focus on improving their own lives. I am middle class and I couldn't care less what percentile I'm in.

Flagpole wrote:

Yeah, if I HAD to live in Canada, that would be it, but it still gets (lows) into the 30s there in winter. No thanks. Better than here in Central Ohio, but I don't want to live here forever either.

You're not going to live in Central Ohio forever, given your age, bad diet and poor genetics, I would imagine you've got 10 years, perhaps 15 left tops.

Mr. Cat wrote:

Yo Hahking, if average in this case is defined as the median income (the 50th percentile), then economic inequality has EVERYTHING to do with this issue. You sure you understand simple math?

I don't think you know maths.

I don't care how rich they are, I'd rather them be rich than some Muslim extremist who wants to blow us to pieces being rich.

Build the pipeline!

No more Obama!

I am likewise discouraged, but please share the pie recipe.

dkjfsljkfdslkfj wrote:

Income inequality is totally irrelevant to human happiness and well-being. What matter are opportunity and absolute standards of living, not where one person stands in relation to another. The losers who babble constantly about 'inequality' are stuck on a comparison... they feel envy toward people who are better off than them and would rather destroy the good fortune of others than focus on improving their own lives.

The IMF, World Bank and most economists would disagree.

And there is plenty of opportunity in Canada. And the absolute standard of living is as high if not higher in Canada than the US (as it is in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and other countries w/ Gini coefficients lower than the US). If you measure quality of life, 4 of the 5 top cities in the world are in Canada.

The US does not have the market cornered on opportunity, freedom, or any other meaningless concept buzzwords with which americans congratulate each other while their schools, hospitals and infrastructure collapse.

Stats Mann wrote:

Average is not ( always) the same as median.

Adam Smith wrote:

Average is never the same as median, but these two may sometimes have the same value.

So, sometimes they're the same.

Quarter Inch wrote:

If you measure quality of life, 4 of the 5 top cities in the world are in Canada.

Maybe true, but most Canadiens live in igloos and leantos.

dkjfsljkfdslkfj wrote:

Canada is now a better country than America. Lower taxes (overall)...

If by "lower" you mean "about 10% more", the you're right.

In Canada total tax and non-tax revenue for every level of government equals about 38.4% of GDP compared to the U.S. rate of 28.2%.

"Secondly, economic inequality is what has made, and continues to make this country the greatest country on the face of the earth."

I agree with this to an extent. Can you please explain in more detail?