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Originally Posted by stone hands
It's just a philosophical difference, I dont think anyone should make multiple millions of dollars a year when the average salary for canadians is 54k a year and we've got real problems like unaffordable housing and reservations without running water and etc
Combine it with societal givens, like how taxpayers are gleefully ready to donate hundreds of millions of dollars to pay more for the same product so that the flames ownership which consists of multiple billionaires' private buisness can make more money
Even in these examples of "true tax" I think it's ridiculous to advocate for a system where you can see the disparity between someone who makes a pretty decent wage (100k) would need to work for 70 thousand years to achieve
one year earnings of our hypothetical rich guys salary and somehow think the rich guy is paying enough tax
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Ok, but how do you propose this get solved? Because disproportionally taxing the rich more than they already are paying isn't the solution. Unless you get the whole world and their governments to buy in, you'll inevitably get people leaving for countries with lower taxes.
Are you saying if you were making $10M a year in Canada, you'd voluntarily give up 80% of it for the better of Canadian society, and not move to another first world country that lets you keep more of your money? I somehow doubt that. If I were making $10M a year, you bet I'd be looking at all my alternatives to legally lower my tax burden as much as possible. Why is that wrong?