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Originally Posted by Table 5
Well I guess that depends on what your opinions are about the greater good and how much responsibility we all share in having a prosperous society. Should I subsidize seniors if I'm not one myself? Should I pay into that new interchange if I don't drive? Should my taxes support a community rink if I don't play hockey? Chances are at some point in your life you benefit more than you put in, and vice versa. At one point when you were in school, someone was subsidizing your education too, just like are subsidizing the next generation now.
What if it was an across the board increase to fund education (not a set rate, but percentage based)? Calgary, compared to a lot of other cities in Canada and the USA, has really low property taxes...and lower taxes tend to mean lower levels of service. Would people support higher taxes if it meant that we'd have a better education system and a better educated society? An educated population tends to be a great investment for a country, as in the end produce more tax income than those with lower education levels.
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You were proposing isolating one community and have them make more taxes than yourself. That's where I have a problem, taxes should be the same throughout the whole city. I have no problem paying taxes to go to things I don't use. Just don't expect me to pay higher taxes just because I live in a certain community.