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Originally Posted by frinkprof
We all pay taxes, but we don't all pay the same taxes. When I go to Lethbridge and ride a bus or use a washroom or garbage can at a public park, I am being subsidized by the Lethbridge taxpayer.
The transit driver and the electricity powering the train, among other things, is being paid for by the Calgary taxpayer, but not the Okotoks, Cochrane, High Prairie or Oyen taxpayers. They do not share that cost, and it is the Calgary taxpayers' alone to bear.
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And when you use the transit in Lethbridge, the driver, the energy used to supply the transit, among other things, is being paid for by the Lethbridge taxpayer, not by the taxpayers of Calgary. The Calgary taxpayers do not share that cost and it is the Lethbridge taxpayer's alone to bear.
There are countless people who use transit and all kinds of services in municipalities who do not pay for the maintenance of the services. How about all the tourists who come to Calgary during Stampede. Perhaps you should add into your considerations all the other dollars they do bring to your city.
It works both ways and if one of us has to pay a bit more than the other when the whole picture is focused, well so be it. That is how things happen when you live in a town, to live in a city, to live in the country, to live in a province, to live in a country.
And no, we don't all pay the same taxes. So I suppose you think transit fares should be adjusted so that those with more income should pay more than those who are needy?
But at least in Alberta, we pay a flat tax.
If you think that at the end of the day, everyone will pay their exact portion of any maintenance bills, you are mistaken, unless you are thinking of the home, condo, or whatever you own and live in.