[disbelief]

You might want to base your opinion on more than one thing you read somewhere. I have a friend who was diagnosed with cancer in Canada and was in surgery with one of the top surgeons in the country in under a week. That plus a lengthly stay in the hospital and all of the drugs associated with cancer were 100% covered by our healthcare system. How is this poverty?

[victorf]

Because your taxes are so high that people who might otherwise be able to afford a private jet now cannot? Not having a jet is quite embarrassing and really harms the jet-less that have to fly in merely first class.