Lots of great ideas in this thread.
One I have thought about a lot:
If you make minimum wage, you pay no income tax. This would up the basic amount to around 30k. Claw the 'extra' personal exemption at around $100k
How to pay for it? Agree on the more progressive clawback on OAS people have postulated. Put in a 'millionaire' tax bracket with an extra couple percent. Call it the McDavid tax in Alberta.
Other thoughts:
-Like the 2% PST idea floated earlier in the thread, but would say that the municipalities get 1 of the 2 points.
-Tax religions, and be a lot tighter on what constitutes a 'charity'.
__________________
"The Oilers are like a buffet with one tray of off-brand mac-and-cheese and the rest of it is weird Jell-O."
Greg Wyshynski, ESPN
|