[Millennium2002]

Those are fair arguments. I personally do support moving off fossil fuel dependence as soon as possible. And you are right that I forgot to account for both free vs private healthcare and the fact that their transit system is still miles away from where we are today.

I guess what's really nagging me are the many complaints on this forum and elsewhere about how our road infrastructure is so underfunded. In conjunction with the DTES-related issues and the gas price complaints, it makes me question our priorities as a society. It's like... We're trying to minimize what we contribute to the government but have all these big ticket items that we want them to spend it on. What comes first?