Ancient Mariner

Just to keep beating this horse; I am a retailer and feel that Irishfield is right on about higher Canadian wages and Social Benefits / Health Care taxes. Would everyone who is willing to take a 35% wage cut & give up their Health Care & Social Benefits please form a line facing east on ther Peace Bridge. Depsite "Free Trade", it seems that we do get hit with higher import duties on a lot of goods that come in from the rest of the world. Also, everything that we bring in from the USA still requires some fairly hefty brokerage fees, which we have to pass on. Oh, by the way, go buy some US $$. The average person will pay a 2-2.5% exchange fee. If you have the right connections you may get it for less, but a lot of businesses have to pay it, so they have to pass it on. Uncle Buck also makes a good point. Question; Where are all the decent paying Manufacturing Jobs going?? Answer; Out the front door of WM, BPS, LB or wherever with "Made in (insert third world country here)" !! Seems too many of us have the "you should - they should syndrome". Everyone else should buy North American, but I want the lowest price. At least we have the money for computers and other essentials to go with the time and freedom to sit at them and say whatever we want!!