Har, har!!

We're winning.

(Reproduced from the Wall Street Journal)

Canada Beats America

"Not too many years ago, Americans could get away with cracking jokes about spendthrift Canada, its weak dollar and the long wait for MRIs. These days, the joke is on Americans, as Canada's government has cleaned up its fiscal mess and focused on private economic growth.

The governing Conservative Party took another step forward last week with a pledge to balance the budget by 2015 without raising taxes. That's a year later than Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged on the stump in 2011, but it sure beats America's four consecutive years of deficits of $1.3 trillion. Canada's federal debt as a share of GDP is forecast to fall to 28.5% in 2016–17 from 33.8%. Add in state debt and that number is closer to 66%, but the trend is in the right direction, while America's is heading toward 70% and rising."

RTWT

Also in the news, Canada is laying off 1000 border guards, (who of course are whining and complaining and projecting all sorts of grave consequences) paving the way for disgruntled Americans to flock north to America's hat, where the brains are. Sorry, though, Canada seems determined to remain cold.  Learn to dress warm and learn to skate, ski and snowmobile, especially the last.  It could raise the temperature.