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What do you mean by "working model" ? Economical crisis in USA looks completely different from economical, human rights and political crises in Russia. In count

by daliusd 15y ago

What do you mean by "working model" ? Economical crisis in USA looks completely different from economical, human rights and political crises in Russia. In country I live economical crisis and diplomatic situation (bad relations with Russia) leads to situation that is different from Russia and USA. While we don't define what is "working model" it is empty talk. Is it happiness index - then let's act like Denmark. Are we talking about country that lived well through economical crisis - Canada, China or Brasil. Should we look at good human rights and living conditions: then only Canada (maybe Brasil for some people). P.S. Canada is 13rd in the world by military expenditure.

ajuc 15y ago
Don't treat this as being rude, I'm just curious - why does Canada need so big military expenses? In my (uninformed) opinion Canada is as safe, as anybody can be in modern world - ocean on each border with one exception - USA, that is friendly, and if it's not, Canada don't stand a chance with them anyway.
- garyrichardson 15y ago
  It doesn't. As a Canadian, I can say there is always great debate about this, and especially now. Our current Conservative leaders are trying to push through the purchase of 65 F-35 fighters. These are the same jets the US military is delaying or considering scrapping at this point due to cost overruns. The estimates for costs on these jets is over 30B Canadian dollars. In my opinion, our military is a glorified search and rescue team at home and a police force++ abroad. Canada needs an armed forces that is good with dealing with national disasters and supporting human crisis. We should be investing in helicopters and ships. If the day comes that Russia or the USA decides to take our natural resources, 65 fighter jets aren't going to make any difference compared to their vast armies. So why not invest in technology that can be used to address the actual problems we face?
- daliusd 15y ago
  I'm not Canadian so I have no idea. I just know some cool things about Canada.

by daliusd 15y ago

ajuc 15y ago

Don't treat this as being rude, I'm just curious - why does Canada need so big military expenses? In my (uninformed) opinion Canada is as safe, as anybody can be in modern world - ocean on each border with one exception - USA, that is friendly, and if it's not, Canada don't stand a chance with them anyway.

garyrichardson 15y ago
It doesn't. As a Canadian, I can say there is always great debate about this, and especially now. Our current Conservative leaders are trying to push through the purchase of 65 F-35 fighters. These are the same jets the US military is delaying or considering scrapping at this point due to cost overruns. The estimates for costs on these jets is over 30B Canadian dollars. In my opinion, our military is a glorified search and rescue team at home and a police force++ abroad. Canada needs an armed forces that is good with dealing with national disasters and supporting human crisis. We should be investing in helicopters and ships. If the day comes that Russia or the USA decides to take our natural resources, 65 fighter jets aren't going to make any difference compared to their vast armies. So why not invest in technology that can be used to address the actual problems we face?
daliusd 15y ago
I'm not Canadian so I have no idea. I just know some cool things about Canada.