It is easy to talk about politics, just like it is easy to talk about everything. Words make sense or they don't, that's a matter of the whole fucking discourse.

But do you ever transform your words or other people's words into actions? Apart from words, apart from talking about the war in Iraq, the horrible social circumstances in your country, the Middle East, (ry... what do you actually DO with your political knowledge, your political convictions and theories? Do you do anything at all? Or is politics just a matter of talking to you?

Discuss!

The amusing thing with Canada and the US is that whenever someone mentions the slightly more socialist system, someone else always mentions higher taxes.

I once went out and did all the calculations. Once you add all state/provincial and federal taxes from the US and Canada together, Canada's tax load is exactly 1% higher.

I, personally, am quite happy to pay taxes. The system benefitted me, now it's someone else's turn.

Of course, I do have student debt because I wasn't in Europe, but it's a lot lower than it would have been in the US. MIT told me way back when that they wanted $21,000US per year. Waterloo University, a Canadian university which is internationally regarded as having a better undergrad program, wanted ~$2,000US.

The real kicker is Germany. You can study there for free - even if you're a foreigner! I plan to get a second degree there, and I have no plans of leaving Europe afterwards.

> The real kicker is Germany. You can study there for free

Not for much longer. Our Supreme Court is soon going to decide on whether study fees will be legal and it is expected it will rule in favor of that. This is going to affect long-time students first but one can already see where this will eventually lead to.