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- The US has the most Nobel laureates, Canada barely has any:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country

- The US is the most technologically advanced nation on earth, Canada is way back in 12th and would be 56th if you didn't border the US:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_tec_ind-economy-technology-index

- Americans are the most productive workers in the world, Canadians aren't even mentioned:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20572828/

The US invented everything of importance in the last 100 years. The airplane, integrated circuit, microprocessor, the personal computer, lasers, digital music, the internet. Every single major IT company in the world is American. Microsoft, Apple, Google, Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Yahoo.