Why I'm not worried about a US invasion of Canada

The value divided by costs of efforts for 'assimilating' Canada into US continues to elude me.

Alberta tar sands can be cooked into saleable petroleum, as already done, but it's not like they have been dragging their heels. Fracking has reduced value of tar sands. Let it go.

Canada grows lots of trees and less have been burned in recent years than click media might lead you to 'feel'. But those trees have not higher value than plywood and stick stock. Furniture and other good stuff comes from wood from lower latitudes.

Canada's Great Plains grow wheat etc., but future climates won't improve those soils. US farm belt has mollsols; a soil type not found up North. I am sad to not effectively teach y'all about soil types.

In general, if US wants what Canada gots, just reduce tariffs.

 

Like dairy?
Lumber?

Frankly, tariffs are taxes, and I remember a time when taxes were thought of as a necessary evil - NOT a plan for prosperity.

There's an approximately zero-percent chance that the US would invade Canada - OR invite them to be States 53 through 63 - nor would they WANT US to.
They have all of the advantages of being US without most of the downsides.

 

just the ability to be able to drive to alaska without leaving the country would be worth it

 

Or at least Point Roberts. Maybe we could negotiate for an overland route to Point Roberts, and call it win-win?

 

Energy..almost as dependent in certain areas of the US as Europe is/was on Russian gas.

 

maybe northeast electric rates would go down

 

Good point.

As I said.
We share a 5,500 mile border!
The idea that there will be a 'major' trade disruption between our two nations doesn't even rise to the level of clique-bait.

Besides:
The only TWO times you will get most Canadians riled up is with two-2-word phrases:

American Beer
Stanley Cup

 

Basically, as mentioned previously in post 9.......

It's just that some people want to get their panties all twisted up about anything and everything. Some people just don't have enough drama in their life already and need to analyze every word out of Trump's mouth to find something to get wound up about.

It would be so much easier to just live your life with a bit of common sense and a realistic view of what's going on around you.

 

That’d be a lot easier with an adult president.

 

Location:
Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


Glad that Canada is so perfect that you have extra time to worry about the US. I'll just let you do my worrying for me!! What a weight off my shoulders!! Appreciate the help!! Back to margaritas and pool time in the morning!!

 

Our laws say they they ALL have to be adults....
The US Constitution outlines three key eligibility requirements for the President of the United States: natural-born citizen status, a minimum age of 35 years, and a minimum of 14 years of residency in the United States.

THESE STANDARDS have not always served us well....and LAWS get broken!!

Once upon a time there was a POTUS who was LEGITIMATELY, SCIENTIFICALLY, and LEGALLY non-compis mentis for AT least the last part of his term.
He was a HORRIBLE President!
A misogynist, a BARKING eugenicist, racist, and imperialist.
His VPOTUS was a 'squish' so his wife, Edith Wilson, effectively ran the country for the remainder of his term. She controlled access to the president, filtered information, and made decisions based on her interpretation of his wishes. While the Vice President, Thomas R. Marshall, was technically next in line, he deferred to Edith Wilson's authority.
That's right.
You probably thought I was talking about the LAST brain-dead President that we've had in office!
There have BEEN more than a few!

Sadly, Wilsonian Presidencies did not inspire the 25th Amendment to our Constitution, which would not be ratified until 1967, following the death of yet ANOTHER DEMOCRAT POTUS who suffered a brain injury - only from a 'slightly' different cause.

Amendment 25 is supposed to keep us from wondering if there really is a live, normally functioning human driving the country that you trust to......drive a Prius or babysit a small child.

Like I said....
Laws get broken.