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"Wally I hate to burst your bubble but in ...

2010-04-03T11:01:11.849-04:00
"Wally I hate to burst your bubble but in terms of your comment that it's too expensive to raise welfare rates,"

I hate to have to say that you continue to have a reading and comprehension disability. I never said any such thing as you pompously asserted.

I opposed the expense of adding more bureaucraps to claw back the tax.

"We are smarter and more knowledgeable than you think"

Who is this imaginary "We"? Isn't that awfully presumptuous of you. It would be correct if you realized that you speak for youself. If there is a 'We" let them speak on behalf of themselves in your favour or not.

Anyway, you are not as smart and knowledgable as you think; eg, your abysmal ignorance pertaining to your groundless assertion that the higher paid jobs in the Kawartha School Board belong to men.

And yes, I just love it when some ill informed progressive spouts feminist myths and gives me a chance to correct them with facts.

Wally I hate to burst your bubble but in terms of ...

2010-04-02T18:16:22.133-04:00
Wally I hate to burst your bubble but in terms of your comment that it's too expensive to raise welfare rates, may I point out we already have a welfare system in place and they only need to push a button or two to raise the rates, even liberals can do it.

And we also have a tax system in place which welfare recipients must report to in order to get their low income tax credits, so re-jigging that won't be too hard either.

Find a better reason to avoid providing people with an adequate income, this ain't it.

Anonymous, why you don't you tell us about the...

2010-04-02T18:12:07.799-04:00
Anonymous, why you don't you tell us about the tax loop holes available to our top earners and their corporations? I bet you know a few of them.

I'm certainly not going to do your work for you, you can presumably google the info just like I did.

Some call it tax avoidance, I call it thinly veiled tax evasion and don't condone it. Remember the Carter Commission; they said "a buck is a buck is a buck" and recommended a straightforward progressive income tax with nowhere to hide. Some of us still like that idea.

Wow, now tell us about all those loop holes you kn...

2010-04-02T16:27:39.248-04:00
Wow, now tell us about all those loop holes you know of.

Doncha just love it when some ill informed Anonymo...

2010-04-02T12:44:37.311-04:00
Doncha just love it when some ill informed Anonymous spouts tax myths and gives ya the chance to correct him/her with the facts?

It's not hard either, you just have to google tax rates and up pops the Canada Revenue Agency website with that very info, ready to be shared with the masses.

Nobody, I repeat nobody, pays 50% of their income in tax. Here is the chart, federal first, provincial second. These are the rates for 2010.

Federal Tax Rates:
-15% on the 1st $40,970 of taxable income
-22% on the next $40,970 of taxable income
-26% on the next $45,080 of taxable income
-29% on taxable income over $127,021

Provincial Tax Rates:
-5.05% on 1st $37,106 of taxable income
+ 9.15% on next $37,108 of taxable income
+ 11.16% on amounts over $74,214 of taxable income

While there may be surcharges at the top end, these have been reduced over the years, and I would remind people that along with surcharges there are numerous loop holes available to top earners that most of us don't enjoy. The higher the income, the more numerous these are, and the wealthy can afford to hire accountants and lawyers to ensure they don't miss a trick.

So, Anonymous, before you rush to the defence of those who don't need it, get your facts straight before you post to the Burd Report. We are smarter and more knowledgeable than you think.

"why don't we pay welfare recipiients ...

2010-04-02T10:57:06.253-04:00
"why don't we pay welfare recipiients more money and then tax that back?"

Because it would add another unnecessary layer (expense) of bureaucraps to adinister and monitor.

Where are the doctor's salaries? To be fair t...

2010-04-02T09:32:24.378-04:00
Where are the doctor's salaries? To be fair they must be reported in relation to NHH. Since Biron is the CAO his salary should also be compared to theirs.

absolutely, one catch though. The others work for...

2010-04-02T09:19:37.040-04:00
absolutely, one catch though. The others work for it,

So the 100K club members contribute more to societ...

2010-04-02T08:53:02.982-04:00
So the 100K club members contribute more to society because they pay more tax - then why don't we pay welfare recipiients more money and then tax that back?

Without the over $100,000 people paying over 50% o...

2010-04-02T08:04:32.004-04:00
Without the over $100,000 people paying over 50% of their wages in tax, who would pay for the special interest groups? The people who hide under a business number pay 28% tax. Then there is the whole underground economy. So do throw stones at the "Sunshine Club" for contributing the most back to the social welfare society.

Yes, school boards. Contrary to the popular belief...

2010-04-01T15:01:15.144-04:00
Yes, school boards. Contrary to the popular belief of progressives, the majority of vice principals and principals and school superintendants in the Kawartha school area are women. Let us not forget that progressives also assert that women make much less than men.

These myths will be shattered when their sunshine salaries are revealed. No wonder little Johnny is getting short-changed by the short-sighted.