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Post by bwooceli »

rorykoehler wrote: post #318
mattnewton wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a hard time believing you after Trump said that he would get someone to repeal Roe V Wade and now he has the house and senate to do it.

Trump said a lot of things. Often things that directly contradicted other things he said. What he really thinks is anyone's guess.

History is pretty consistent that candidates actually do try to enact what they say during campaigns... Anyone expecting a suddenly different President Trump vs. Candidate Trump will likely be in for a surprise.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by mattkrause »

mpweiher wrote: post #309
spoonie wrote: post #272

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The US has tax treaties with just about anywhere good want to go, so no double-taxation. (And no, paying income tax in two countries is not double-taxation.)

Unlike just about any other country in the world, the US will tax you even if you don't live or derive your income there. Furthermore, also unlike every other country in the world, the US will only deduct the paxes you paid in the other country from the taxes it thinks you owe it on income you earn+spend while living abroad. Every other country considers your tax obligations fulfilled.

However, you can either 1) Exclude the first ~$100k from your US taxes altogether, or 2) Receive a credit for taxes paid to the other jurisdiction.

Most places, particularly those where you'd earn a high salary, have higher tax rates (particularly if taxes cover what would be health insurance in the US), so the credit often completely cancels your US taxes.

In many places with lower taxes, it's fairly difficult to earn $100K to begin with, so you're covered there too.

The two situations which are tricky are 1) Earning a lot in a low-tax location (maybe oil workers?) 2) Having income from a mix of US and non-US sources (renting out your American apartment?) since your US income gets "bumped up" to the tax bracket associated with your worldwide income.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by allengeorge »

miguelrochefort wrote: post #313
bibstha wrote: post #199

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What's the average tech salary for a 5 years+ experienced programmer (ruby, golang, etc)?

60k CAD

It is definitely not 60K. I made more than that way back when I was a new grad.

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Post by DasIch »

Brakenshire wrote: post #258
sverige wrote: post #187

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Well, there's putting the brakes on globalization, fewer foreign wars, lower government spending (and probably some progress on reducing the national debt, which has increased more in the last eight years more than all of the 232 years prior to that, combined), among other things.

Trump's tax plan involves adding significantly to the debt: https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/budgetary-impac... http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trai... It's the same sort of thing as a lot of left wing policitians favour. Incur a lot of debt, and then that's going to cause so much growth that you'll come out smelling of roses.

Left wing politicians tend to do things that are actually useful with that money though. Trump just gives himself tax breaks.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by slashdev »

colmvp wrote: post #5

Canada seems appealing to Americans until you realize you could be earning more in the U.S. while spending less on a bunch of other things. Don't get me wrong, I love living in Canada and I mostly don't miss living in Bay Area, but most of my friends lament the fact that their salary and career opportunities are a joke compared to what they could have in the U.S. (even adjusting for cost of living).

If you're a software engineer working in Canada, you can get a 50% pay bump just by crossing the border.

My recommendation is get a remote job for a smaller company that will pay you in US dollars. After converting to Canadian dollars you'll be about 30% ahead of your Canadian peers but without having to pay Silicon Valley living costs or immigrate into a country crazy enough to elect Trump. If you can live away from Vancouver and Toronto you can really make that stretch.

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Post by KirinDave »

wyoh wrote: post #346
KirinDave wrote: post #292

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I mean, if there was a State in the US where guns were realistically outlawed I'd move there too. Implying that is "white" flight is implying that white people are not major perpetrators of gun violence in America, which simply isn't true. Gun violence in the US is a major problem and our gun ownership and sales policies are at the heart of it. I've considered moving my family away from it long before this horrifying…

I'd love if you could back up your "white people are major perpetrators of gun violence in the US". FBI crime stats don't seem to agree with you.

In terms of fatality ratios.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by uiri »

programLyrique wrote: post #265
M_Grey wrote: post #7

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I think that's incredibly naive. For one thing, moving from France to Germany is a huge cultural and linguistic leap. Moving from the US to Canada is really not.

Moving from France to Belgium (in Wallonia where they speak Franch) is not a huge cultural or linguistic leap. As both countries are in the EU, it's very easy to emigrate; no visa needed. But as far as I know, there was no sudden emigration to Belgium after elections in France.

Wait until after the Presidential election this spring... it is looking like it will be Sarkozy vs Le Pen or Juppe vs Le Pen in the run-off round.

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Post by santaclaus »

slashdev wrote: post #435
colmvp wrote: post #5

Canada seems appealing to Americans until you realize you could be earning more in the U.S. while spending less on a bunch of other things. Don't get me wrong, I love living in Canada and I mostly don't miss living in Bay Area, but most of my friends lament the fact that their salary and career opportunities are a joke compared to what they could have in the U.S. (even adjusting for cost of living).

If you're a software engineer working in Canada, you can get a 50% pay bump just by crossing the border. My recommendation is get a remote job for a smaller company that will pay you in US dollars. After converting to Canadian dollars you'll be about 30% ahead of your Canadian peers but without having to pay Silicon Valley living costs or immigrate into a country crazy enough to elect Trump. If you can live away from…

> After converting to Canadian dollars you'll be about 30% ahead of your Canadian peers

Not for long -- America just out brexited the U.K.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by Cerium »

gambiting wrote: post #388
usaphp wrote: post #277

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> "life-threatening condition which my US insurance would never have covered" I wonder how is that possible? Insurance plans these days have to cover you even if you have a pre-existing condition, even the cheapest plans cover everything after a deductible, unless I am missing something

To give you an example - my dad had to take 2 boxes of Glivec per month to keep him alive(he was predicted to survive 3-6 months, thanks to Glivec he lived another 8 years). Glivec, last time I checked, is currently 12 thousand dollars a box in US. And sure, most health insurance in US would cover most of that. But if you have to take two $12k boxes per month, and insurer says they will cover $10k per box, you sudden…

As a fairly young US citizen I'm curious, I thought that most health care plans have an out of pocket maximum that is usually in the low to mid thousands per year. Would this situation not be one that limits the yearly cost that way?
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