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Originally Posted by opendoor
You mean the prospect of income splitting for high income earners to fictionally attribute their income to a stay at home spouse didn't excite young voters who can barely afford to pay their rent?
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Right, and a family of four with all four earning approximately the same income as one another should pay only half the tax as a family of six with the exact same total family income but only one wage-earner because???
Single-income families are a minority that have been taken advantage of for years because they are not a visible minority. But in my opinion the unfair treatment of single income families compared to multiple income families with the exact same total income is highly discriminatory and unethical.
Better yet, why don’t we move on from an archaic tax system that is complex and makes most of its income from middle class families while allowing the richest to shield their money in foreign trusts, and replace it with a pure sales tax that exempts food and medication? This would be completely transparent, would prevent most tax evasion, would eliminate most of the stress and expense of filing tax returns, and would save the government hundreds of millions in income tax assessment expenses.
Income tax is billed as being progressive, but in reality it’s not, because it ignores someone’s ability to pay due to debt, divorce, and other circumstances, while allowing the richest to largely avoid it. Sales tax ensures that everyone pays in proportion to their ability to do so, as measured by their discretionary spending. This is why studies comparing various tax regimes demonstrate that sales tax is the fairest and most efficient tax.
I’ve never understood the vilification of and discrimination against single income families. My family of six has been a single income family for twenty years for health issues and children with special needs, and I am fed up of paying much more in tax than families with multiple wage earners and a significantly higher total income. And I particularly resent the fact that the Liberals are persecuting middle class families who are succeeding as a result of hard work while refusing to do anything about the ultra-rich families, including some of the most prominent members of their own party, whose wealth is hidden through offshore schemes like those outlined in the Paradise Papers. I guess the Liberals have learned to not bite the hand that feeds them through illegal third-party donations. They market themselves as the champions of the middle class, but in truth, they are mostly serving the interests of the 1%, because that is where their money and leadership come from.