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Originally Posted by RandyHolt
If we want better services, you can increase the percentage the top pay, but you have to increase the percentage the middle class pays as well. Since this isn't a popular political position given the increased cost of living, we're likely stuck with the services that we currently have.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1...pid=1110005501 |
If you could run a robust public welfare state just by taxing the wealthy, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland wouldn’t have 20-25 per cent sales tax rates and higher income taxes than Canada at every income level.