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Originally posted by Fido
BL ~ There are countries where citizens are pampered by the Govt - Middle East is one such region and US another where citizens fare better than their counterparts elsewhere . In Canada we get a better deal then ppl get in India . But thats digressing from my concerns so I will hit back on the road ..
Economy in a nut shell : Imports , Production , Consumption , Exports
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China & India are developing economies built on Exports ... With the new order of the WTO trade is more free than before and production / services are getting shifted to lower cost producing countries . No denying abt Jap / German quality but they cant beat the cost effectiveness.
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China & India are able to provide the output as the cost of living in these countries is less and $1 or @ 10 / day can make an average person sustain v/s his Western counterpart who buys a bread for $2/- ( as opposed to 20 cents in India ) ...... Chinese due to the language barrier are more restricted in their country and live with the low wage rates ...
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And as these countries earn more money , technology would be just another resource they will acquire and add on more to the kitty ........ Why is there a cry in US / UK / Aus against Indian outsourcing ... much for the same reasons .
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Canada may enjoy an abundance of resources but is it able to capitalize on Immigrant intellect as wanderer has indicated ?? No .... coz despite the intellect the production and services are shifting elsewhere ..........
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I am not sure myself what the current situation is and what holds for in the future but yes , pre emptive measures need to be taken both at collective and individual levels and effort has to be made to turn the balance in Canada s favor.
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Back to the topic, here's a couple of things I hate
1) Weather (but I'm coming to terms with it more and more every year. The storms don't bother me as much anymore).
2) Shopping. This will always be a gripe for anyone who's ever lived in the US. Shopping in Canada sucks big time, you can't even begin to compare the experience with the States, the "deals" here suck big time. And because they're so far and few, unless you're willing to wake up at 5 am on a Saturday and line up at a futureshop, you never get 'em.
I'm not sure people coming from countries other than the US will feel this way though.
There's more items on certain days .
In fairness, there's a list like this for every country I've lived in. The reason I'm in Canada is the Canadian list is tolerable vs. the lists in other countries.
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