“someone whose values are inimical to what the founding fathers stood for”
You should re-read the writings of the Founding Fathers, in particular Alexander Hamilton, whose model for interventionist government was accepted and implemented.
“Change – yes – $1 US = 98 cents Canadian, as in three Canadian quarters, two Canadian dimes, one Canadian nickel, and three Canadian pennies for one US dollar – as I read this morning.”
Nothing wrong with that — back in 1974 the US dollar was worth 96 cents Canadian. It is a sign of the success of Canada’s interventionist economic regulation that keeps its financial institutions on a short leash. It also may be a sign of the competitive advantage that Canadian businesses have when they don’t have to pay their employees’ health insurance. I wish we had Canada’s economic and health insurance system here in the US.