In another post, your theory was that if American companies didn't have to worry about paying for health care they would be much more likely to hire and keep employees.

I pointed out that the data from a country where this is true doesn't seem to bear this out.

A person sitting around consuming government money is not producing wealth. New wealth creation is necessary to pay the taxes that are the only real source of government money.

Good for him that the unemployed Canadian is not stressed about health care. But how long do you think a country can keep doing that?

Canada, which has enjoyed a surplus for years (thanks in part to having a tenth our population, no defense spending, and stripping Alberta down to bedrock for oil), is going into deficit this year. Oil has to be about $70 per barrel or above for oil sands to really pay.