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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
My 31% considers that (16% Quebec + 15% lowest bracket level, though it can actually be more than 31% because the Federal brackets change at 38,000 if I remember). And if you want to have your own provinicial police force here in AB like there is in Quebec, and your own pension plan like there is in Quebec, that money has to come from somewhere....like tax increases?
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Yes, and if we increase taxes to the absurd amounts that Quebec has, and chase businesses away, those equalization payments will come from....Denver?
Quebec is rewarded for it's business detroying economic climate by happening to have neighbors with thriving economies. If we all were like Quebec, the revenue generating capacities of every province would be substantially lower and thus social programs would have to be substantially cut across Canada.