Argus Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 Growing numbers of Canadians love paying their taxes. Because they don't pay any, and get fat refunds. On average, two of every five Canadian households do not pay anything towards federally and provincially funded expenses such as health care, education, community and social services, national defence, public safety and even the good old Canada Revenue Agency. One household of every five pays much more than 70 per cent of all of those costs. It didn’t used to be this way, but it is now. The implications of this around election time are difficult to enumerate. But think of it like this. There is a lovely club that 100 people belong to. 40 of them pay nothing towards its upkeep. 20 of them pay most of the bills. Every few years there's a big meeting where many of the member eagerly propose new spending on bigger TVs, more comfortable chairs, perhaps a swimming pool or another tennis court. But they're unabashedly proposing all this stuff knowing they're not paying for it. And when those 20 members who DO pay for most things complain they get angry and call them greedy and fume that they have lots of money so they can afford it. Financial Post 1 Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
eyeball Posted February 7, 2019 Report Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Argus said: Growing numbers of Canadians pay no income tax Financial Post From the article... Quote How do you like them apples? With cake thank-you. Now quit complaining and go earn our taxes for us. Edited February 7, 2019 by eyeball Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
August1991 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Posted March 4, 2019 (edited) Argus, The right to vote is separate from the obligation to pay a tax. In Canada, one vote = one person. Outside of public corporations and apartment associations, taxes/fees paid do not determine the "power" of a person's vote. Everyone, even all the many disheveled, homeless, men in the street have a vote - as equal as yours. Edited March 4, 2019 by August1991 Quote
cannuck Posted March 4, 2019 Report Posted March 4, 2019 Yeah, I could easily support proportional voting based on your net tax remittance. Quote
Argus Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Posted March 5, 2019 13 hours ago, August1991 said: Argus, The right to vote is separate from the obligation to pay a tax. In Canada, one vote = one person. Outside of public corporations and apartment associations, taxes/fees paid do not determine the "power" of a person's vote. Everyone, even all the many disheveled, homeless, men in the street have a vote - as equal as yours. Which is, in some senses, blatantly unfair. And in other ways, dangerous to good government. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
eyeball Posted March 5, 2019 Report Posted March 5, 2019 16 hours ago, August1991 said: Argus, The right to vote is separate from the obligation to pay a tax. In Canada, one vote = one person. Outside of public corporations and apartment associations, taxes/fees paid do not determine the "power" of a person's vote. Everyone, even all the many disheveled, homeless, men in the street have a vote - as equal as yours. Argus knows this perfectly well when complaining about how the influence afforded his betters is more proportional to their wealth than his. The fact he's perfectly willing to treat homeless people the same way he gets treated probably makes his betters LOL even louder on their way to the bank. Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
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