I agree that having more disposable income is probably the best solution. However, I wonder if the government gave us more deciding power to put our money where we need it as individuals, if that would mean we lose even more of other things like Healthcare. Even when our taxes were a total of 7% the government already took many Healthcare things away such as some dental care and prescription benefits and eye exams. Would all this get even worse?
I do feel we are taxed too harshly for what the government provides us as citizens. Cutting our taxes back to 7% would benefit all as we coukd use the "extra" money to our personal benefit. Hopefully, in turn, that would mean better housing options.
The government seems to have forgotten that they work for us, and it should never be the other way around. Over the decade the government as whole has become more and more greedy. So now we work for the them and they just take more and more away from us. Then they throw our money away, in manner of speaking, to foreign countries and governments. Mostly that does not benefit us at all. We gain nothing in that equation.
Hi Tammy. Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't alive when Canadian taxation was only 7%. Currently, with all taxes combined, the average Canadian's tax load is 46%. Here's the thing. We all want tax cuts but we want our favourite government handouts to continue. We have to stop doing that. It's one or the other.
This country is broken. It has taken years to get to this point and it will take years to get back to where it was if that is even possible.
Coming up to a provincial election and all I hear is spending by all parties. This has to stop.
I would rather keep my money in my pocket to spend it on what I deem important rather than paying higher taxes for a bloated government to waste it away for pennies of worth for every dollar.
Hi Joel. At the recent Conservative Convention in Quebec City, the British politician and journalist, Lord Daniel Hannan said this, "You know, there is a structural unfairness in politics. When times are good, people feel they can afford to vote for high-spending parties. Those parties then empty the nation’s coffers and exhaust its savings. And that’s when voters send for the conservatives to clean up the mess. That’s why our parties, yours and mine, end up doing the heavy lifting. So, roll up your sleeves, my friends. It won’t be long." https://nationalpost.com/opinion/full-text-daniel-hannans-speech-at-the-conservative-convention
It's hard to say no to a spoiled child. Canadians are so used to the government giving them stuff, they don't like it when a politician says no. The last time I saw that, the Conservative premier of Manitoba admitted that it was impossible to fix hallway medicine in our hospitals without raising taxes. The NDP told people what they wanted to hear. The Conservatives lost that elelction.
I agree that having more disposable income is probably the best solution. However, I wonder if the government gave us more deciding power to put our money where we need it as individuals, if that would mean we lose even more of other things like Healthcare. Even when our taxes were a total of 7% the government already took many Healthcare things away such as some dental care and prescription benefits and eye exams. Would all this get even worse?
I do feel we are taxed too harshly for what the government provides us as citizens. Cutting our taxes back to 7% would benefit all as we coukd use the "extra" money to our personal benefit. Hopefully, in turn, that would mean better housing options.
The government seems to have forgotten that they work for us, and it should never be the other way around. Over the decade the government as whole has become more and more greedy. So now we work for the them and they just take more and more away from us. Then they throw our money away, in manner of speaking, to foreign countries and governments. Mostly that does not benefit us at all. We gain nothing in that equation.
Hi Tammy. Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't alive when Canadian taxation was only 7%. Currently, with all taxes combined, the average Canadian's tax load is 46%. Here's the thing. We all want tax cuts but we want our favourite government handouts to continue. We have to stop doing that. It's one or the other.
This country is broken. It has taken years to get to this point and it will take years to get back to where it was if that is even possible.
Coming up to a provincial election and all I hear is spending by all parties. This has to stop.
I would rather keep my money in my pocket to spend it on what I deem important rather than paying higher taxes for a bloated government to waste it away for pennies of worth for every dollar.
Hi Joel. At the recent Conservative Convention in Quebec City, the British politician and journalist, Lord Daniel Hannan said this, "You know, there is a structural unfairness in politics. When times are good, people feel they can afford to vote for high-spending parties. Those parties then empty the nation’s coffers and exhaust its savings. And that’s when voters send for the conservatives to clean up the mess. That’s why our parties, yours and mine, end up doing the heavy lifting. So, roll up your sleeves, my friends. It won’t be long." https://nationalpost.com/opinion/full-text-daniel-hannans-speech-at-the-conservative-convention
It's hard to say no to a spoiled child. Canadians are so used to the government giving them stuff, they don't like it when a politician says no. The last time I saw that, the Conservative premier of Manitoba admitted that it was impossible to fix hallway medicine in our hospitals without raising taxes. The NDP told people what they wanted to hear. The Conservatives lost that elelction.