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Originally Posted by woob
In an ideal world, the amount of taxes you pay would be in sync with how well your government is run and how well they're managing finances, supplying services, and running the province/state/country you're in. In that ideal world, if they're a good government and not crooked, then I'd happily pay the level of taxes set and wouldn't think twice about it.
But unfortunately in our reality, many think that the government of their province/state/country is not running things as best it can and so feel like taxes just go to fund corruption/unions/over-spending/etc. and do what they can to pay as little taxes as possible.
I don't think Alberta is or has been run well for a long time so I don't really blame people for trying to get as creative as possible with their tax burden. There's a lot of fat that could be trimmed in this province that would likely result in less taxation.
Anyways, just rambling.
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Right, and I wasn't debating any of that. Those are all valid concerns to have, and despite what people think I'm not someone who thinks just throwing more money at a problem is going to fix it. I do think there are various areas in society that are underfunded and need to be addressed. I also feel like a lot of that funding could be addressed by closing loopholes in our tax code and punishing those who aren't paying their taxes (which I know is tougher than it sounds).
My point was just in response to Slava's that people tend to throw away their ideals as they get older and start getting taxed more. It may be true in some cases or a majority of cases, but it's not true in all cases.