Churack. Interesting on the tax system. We have different levels here depending on if your state has a sales tax or not. That's why a lot of people in Washington either go to Canada for the exchange rate or Oregon to not pay the sales tax we have here for big items or Christmas shopping. I know of some people who go to Oregon every year to Christmas shop. They say with the sales tax they save it pays for their way down there and make a mini vacation out of it. I have only been in a few parts of Canada to go fishing and mineral collecting and found the people to be less stressed than us imo. When I read the article it sounded a tad bitter. LOL! Have heard some bad things about your health care. Of course a huge percentage of people here have no insurance at all due to costs that are out of control.