01-01-2016, 06:52 PM
Quote: Oh yeah, and my total tax bill is about 2% higher than it would be in the USA
This can be taken more than one way. He "could" be saying , "I've calculated my taxes here and there, and the difference amounts to 2% of the tax I pay" or he could be saying, "Federal tax works out to 32% here and 30% there.".
I'm not ready to claim defeat based on your interpretation of the sentence, especially given the Canada sales tax Ben noted and your system's lack of deductions compared to here.
This is all irrespective of what I (and probably Ben) consider the larger issue:
Should some people be allowed to force others to pay for their benefit package by choosing either not to work, or to work at easier jobs that don't provide a benefit package.
That is the what we're objecting to, Canada's higher taxes are just insult to injury.