On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:32:40 -0500, steve fischer
<fischersteven332@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Fuzzy <notlikely@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >Welcome to Dubyaland!
>> >
>> No doubt.
>>
>> Isn't your tax freedom day two months ahead of ours?
>>
>There has been a lot of right wing Fraser Institute deception about our
"tax
>freedom day", so to speak.
>
>The Fraser says that it's in July (7 months), but actually a good
accountant
>puts it in March. That's because they doubled up on the taxes paid.
>
>That's what anti-taxation freaks do when they lie.
>
>I won't brag about my qualifications, but I know that the Canada July Tax
>Freedom day is off by a large amount. So I agree that I pay too much in
tax
>(do you know anyone who doesn't?), but I also hate people who bull****
about
>it as well.
Provincial Sales tax is 8%
Good and Services is 7%
An average of 12% on >10,000
An average of 30% on >120,000 approx
Gas is 200%
Smokes and vice are typically around 1000%
A big killer of our healthcare is pharma (over 50% I believe). It does
save lives
2 bail out packages for CIBC (bank) within two years totalling 25-30
billion.
Our pensions went into Nortel at around 118, two months later the
price was under 3. Nasty stuff... I hear our politician made a killing
on it (if there's ever a silver lining).
One really cool thing, there's a seed shop or two. Mr Nice and Super
Silver Haze or even some plain old Afghani is always a treat. The cops
are proactively cool and most of the people are friendly.
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