I think for most Canadians a lot of the taxes placed on booze and cigs end up being spent on health care which costs a lot of money for the amount of people we have in this country.
So I don't mind paying a bit more to avoid paying huge medical bills.
The healthcare thing is a BIG thing going on down here right now. Obama's trying to socialize it and a lot of people are really up in arms about it.
I personally hope it isn't socialized because WHEN has anything the (US anyway) government has gotten involved in turned out for the better in the past couple of decades? Does the system need reform? Yes. I had to go to the ER, waited for
6 1/2 hours to get in, which, by the time I got in my problem (a nasty spider bite on my leg that got infected and swelled up to around the size of a baseball) had subsided (swelling on your leg goes away when you sit on your rear for 6 1/2 hours, apparently). They didn't even lance the damn thing. Instead it was, "here's some antibiotics and some pain pills, and oh yeah, that'll be $750." Which of course I had to pay a $500 deductible on, so all that crap was $500. If I hadn't been feeling so sick and gotten so scared because my whole leg swelled up? Yeah, $20 for the doctor visit and another $10 for the pills. So I quickly swore that the only way I would ever go back to an ER was in the back of an ambulance.
The other reason I hope US healthcare isn't socialized? I worked my tail off to get where I am in management at a hell of a company. I probably pay $500 a year for my healthcare, which I don't miss because it comes out of my check before I even get it. If you ain't got a job so you ain't got no healthcare...well, get off your butt and go get one!