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Imagine living and working in a system that allows you to make so mich more money than you need. And then to be upset at paying less than 1% of it in extra taxes to maintain or improve that system.
‘Give me all of the benefits and non of the responsibility or Ill throw a hissyfit.’ is what it sounds like.
Without those taxes those costs start coming out of pocket to private companies like insurance or health providers or road tolls. Easily eating up the savings of not paying taxes, and then some.
You can afford it, but others can’t. Don’t be a dick. Thats un-Canadian.
The obscene wealth inequality cannot be fixed by haircuts on the somewhat higher earners. It needs taxing the obscene wealth difference, not the income streams. Billionaires' income streams are not that spectacular; they live off loans backed by their wealth. Does not even count as income. And us plebs are at each other's throats at a few 10k yearly difference in our incomes. Congratulations to the billies, they played us.
What are you talking about? I pay a ridiculous amount of taxes. I believe last year I sent the CRA nearly $150k.
Accusations of not paying my fair share are contrarian nonsense. And for how much I get back, I certainly feel like I pay my share of the responsibility. Quite frankly, I think I get a bit ripped off. Is it any wonder I don't want to pay ANOTHER 5k because Eby can't keep it in his pants?
What you think is fair and what we think is fair is really not compatible, sorry.
You need to stop looking at it in terms of absolute dollars paid. And look at it terms of how much you have left after paying for a comfortable level of living, and taxes.
Most people don’t cross the threshold of comfortable, and if they do, they have virtually nothing left for retirement or savings.
A thousand dollars to you isn’t the same as a thousand dollars to someone else.
That’s where a lot of people will claim you aren’t paying your fair share.
Also, blaming the state of the province on one part or one man is really missing a lot of historical context.
Decades of avoiding taxes has led the atrophy in our health care system. Then covid happened. Globally. We weathered it quite well because of the NDP party. It still took its toll. A lof of our aging staff in the health care sector either retired early or burned out due to the undue stress. I think a lot of people are blind to how over stressed the system was during that time.
It’s a delusional pipe dream to think we can fix any of that without taxes on those who can afford it.
Lol you're arguing paying 150k and that it's unfair. How many people don't even see 150k income? Troll and ignored.