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pampango

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7. I suspect Canadians would like us to pay for whatever we get from them.

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 08:49 AM

Feb 2012

In general my guess is they are pretty happy to take our money, just like GM is happy to take my money when they "exploit" me when I buy one of their cars.

My experience with 6-year-olds and ice cream is that they have little understanding of the whole "you have to pay for the ice cream" concept. To children ice cream is freely given by kind vendors.

I doubt that most Americans like Canada because it sells oil, timber, etc. to us any more than they like Australia, the UK and others almost as much as Canada for that reason.

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Americans feel love for Canada (highest ranked country), Gallup survey finds [View all] pampango Feb 2012 OP

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I suspect Canadians would like us to pay for whatever we get from them. pampango Feb 2012 #7

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