I'm Starting My List, Eh?

Christmas is ONLY six months from tomorrow, but I'm not talking about starting a Christmas list.

Nope!

The list I'm starting is the list of Americans who say they will move abroad (usually to Canada) if a Republican - in this case, John McCain - is elected president.

I know I'm a little behind in the news, but I just read a couple of days ago that Susan Sarandon has said that she will move to either Italy or Canada (odd choice!) if John McCain is elected president.

Susan Sarandon? You're ON MY LIST!!!

First of all, you can't just up and move to Canada. There are visas to get, and papers to fill out, and loads of other procedures and rules to follow just like when a person moves to the U.S. It's as if people don't think Canada is a real country or something. It drives me nuts!

Then, there's the issue of income taxes. When Americans move abroad, they still have to file U.S. income taxes. Since Ms. Sarandon has a high income (most likely) that (more than likely) originates from the U.S., she would still end up paying U.S. tax dollars that would be overseen by the administration that she would so loathe. Plus, if a large part of that income would come from any one state, that state would also want to get in their meat hooks by withholding state income taxes. Wouldn't she just be better off staying in the U.S. and using her high profile (and vote) to try to change things rather than just blowing off a bunch of hot air? Or, is she doing all this just to aggravate me?

Finally, there really is not that much of a difference between Canada and the U.S., and Canadians and Americans, enna-way. Oh, except for the fact that...

...Americans aren't anti-American.