About a thousand dollars a year in taxes to pay for the health care provided in Canada? I was just looking at the rates charged to retirees from the state of Alaska, those unlucky enough to have retired when health care was no longer provided.
The monthly premiums are:
retiree only.......................................$ 590
retiree and spouse.................................$1,179
retiree and eligible dependent child(ren)..........$ 833
retiree, spouse, and eligible dependent child(ren).$1.423
The system might already be broken. Education is the only solution, but how to provide it is the big question.
There was an excellent PBS program a couple of weeks ago about the problems of education in one of the most depressed areas. I believe it was called "Country Boys." It illustrated many of the points discussed in this thread.
There is a name for the culture, it is the "culture of poverty." The words encompass the education and attitudes toward it, toward society as a whole and to the person's place in society. Those who are a part of the culture of poverty are not necessarily living in poverty but the attitude toward money is a product of that culture.