May 22, 2009 9:55AM 

# O Canada! 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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So not only is Canada [economically freer](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=33&pid=1441409) than the United States, with government [spending and taxes about to be lower](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10208) than ours, now [the Canadian navy has saved an American ship](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/22/national/main5033068.shtml) from a pirate attack off Somalia. It may be time to [play “The World Turned Upside Down”](http://americanrevolution.org/upside.html) again.

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