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May 06, 2008, 01:27PM

Oh Canada

American politicians from both sides of the ideological aisle toss Canada around like it was some kind of toy. The truth is that it's neither a liberal mecca nor a conservative nightmare, and they wouldn't mind if we left them out of our problems.

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"While Canada’s “Marxism” functions as a punch line on the right side of the aisle, 46 states in the union have higher combined federal and state corporate tax rates than their counterparts across the border.

In short, both the American Left and Right are seriously confused about the vast land to the north. We need not look any further than the series of conflicting attitudes on Canadian health care and military deployments to recognize America’s striking ignorance of its closest ally (in terms of distance, anyway).

It is probably too much to ask Americans to actually know details about Canada—at the end of the day, there are more people in California. But, for good measure, I would ask you to just leave Canada out of your political discourse. It’s bitter enough as it is.

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