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What you're going on "vacation" again?

   

Avro wrote: What a shock, you're a stupid kunt karra.

When the Libs were paying down the debt they were over-taxing but when the cons do it it's sound fiscal logic.....how typical this is.

Was there any need for such profanity? I don't think so. Can you put a sentence together with out insults? I didn't think so. I think maybe the Mods might have a wee chat with you and your filthy foul mouth Avro. You seem to be off your meds, and it's showing big time.

Grainfed wrote: I am sick of living in the highest taxed country in the world while governments post stolen surpluses, pat themselves on the back and tell us all what marvelous money managers they are then spend the ill gotten loot on some partisan pet project.

Thankyou so am I.

   

Then please tell us out of the 194 real countries in the world which ones are actually taxed overall at a higher rate then Canada?

And around these here parts we call it “Afghanistan”.

   

I think it's because he didn't get the reaction he wanted. No one really cared, and figured he would be back anyways.

   

How do you figure? How did you make that gigantic leap of logic?

   

Guess who's back...Back again...Avro's back...tell a friend.

   

:lol:

   

Apparently it's customary for people to (supposedly) feign being insulted and take a "vacation" from the interet.

Some of us are actually able to get off the computer we so choose without getting so riled up that we have to leave for personal reasons, and/or asking that our forum account be deleted.

...but apparently we're the ones with unhealthy internet habits

   

:lol: Welcome to Avro's wonderful world of backward thinking.

   

I actually agree with you that we're taxed too much. but there are many coutries with higher taxes, israel is one that comes to mind. and im sure some scandinavian countries are up there too

   

I suppose its perspective. Israel taxes income at 10-49% while Canada taxes at 15-29%. But Israel also does not tax provincially for example. Depending on where you live in Canada combined government taxation takes between 52-64% of your gross income.

Almost all taxes in Canada are middle of the road when compared internationally (except alcohol and tobacco of which I believe Canada still leads) but it is the combination that thrusts us into the top 10.

   

I think what burns us the most about overtaxation is the total lack of value we recieve from the government. Sweden has enormous social costs and Israel has enormous security concerns. Our gov, till recently, simply skimmed money for their party of pet projects.

Now Firecat will come out and say that they all do this but that does not make it right or even acceptable. We are very low on the list of corrupt countries but that no one who did that study talked to Cherten, Martin, or Volpe.
Canadians need to demand better from government and need to drop that cynical tolerance. We don't put up with that in our private lives, why should we accept it in our government.

   

You see things so clearly from Mount Molehill.

Since paying down the debt is hardly partisan I disagree with you on this one. I believe in the "put your money to work" maxim. Unused money in general revenues is bad fiscal management when one has a huge debtload. Unpaid debt mounts with every passing day. WE either pay it with the surplus or we tax more to pay it down - and where is the sense in raising taxes when we already have a surplus? If you can explain that to me I'll happily support your view.

   

No, no. Paying down the debt is the best policy.
What I object to was the constant scrimping then the windfall bonus announcements that were somehow unexpected. When the finance minister himself is losing a few million dollars, how much confidance do you expect the average Canadian to have in his government.

   

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