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Originally Posted by AcGold
Tax cuts for the impoverished would be nice. Nothing like paying all my bills and there's nothing left for food because the government took the rest.
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How much tax are you paying? Assuming you live in Alberta and work a full-time job (40 hrs/wk) making minimum wage ($10/hr), you earn $20,800 per year and pay $1,679 in combined federal and provincial income tax (effective tax rate of 8.07%). At that low income level, you're also eligible for GST rebate cheques every quarter (and I assume a variety of other government programs designed to assist low-income Canadians, but I haven't looked into it personally). What amount of taxation do you think is reasonable?