This Friday I have been forced to complete the despicable task of renewing my license plate sticker. Not so hard you may say, but tedious none the less. Especially because my plates are only three months old. Well, because they expire on your birthday, it doesn't matter when you got the plates originally, you still have to cough up the 75 bucks for a new sticker. The kicker is, I need this one year validated sticker for only the next 3 weeks, as I officially move out of the province on the 24th. So less than three weeks use for 75 bucks seems steep. Oh the government will refund the extra costs when you move, but you must return the plates to the Ontario office and a cheque will be mailed only to an Ontario address. Well if you are moving OUT OF PROVINCE what kind of sense does that make? None, that's what. Just another government mechanism to take your money and never give it back.
Since starting to get regular pay cheques I am astounded by how much I am taxed. I am in a lower income bracket by Canadian standards and am still taxed through the nose. I rarely ever use the health care system, have never claimed EI or any other kind of social welfare and probably never will. YET I still pay into a system I get nothing out of. I think my frustration will only grow with my income in this regard, as the more you make of course the more they tax. Despite the fact that you RECEIVE nothing extra for your additional taxes.
Do people not look at this from a basic economic perspective? If you pay more, you should get more. Why do we all pay different amounts for the exact same services? Why does someone who gets paid welfare get to be served before me at the hospital if their condition is just as severe as mine? Because they got there first? TOO BAD! My tax dollars are not only supporting this other person but also contribute to the salaries of the doctors and nurses who chose her over me. How is that economically correct?
In essence, tax simply isn't fair. I have to come to terms with that, as hard as it may be.
Now I understand that we should be good human beings and support the needy, but I choose to d so through charities and charitable efforts of my choice, thus should not have to agree with who the government decides is most in need.
So in summary, taxes are not my friend. Nor, I'm sure are they yours. They are the thorn in the side of my bi-weekly pay cheque and I detest them. Thankfully Alberta has lower taxation rates. Less to hate, I figure.
Fact: The first known system of taxation was in Ancient Egypt around 3000 BC - 2800 BC in the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Records from the time document that the pharaoh would conduct a biennial tour of the kingdom, collecting tax revenues from the people.
Since starting to get regular pay cheques I am astounded by how much I am taxed. I am in a lower income bracket by Canadian standards and am still taxed through the nose. I rarely ever use the health care system, have never claimed EI or any other kind of social welfare and probably never will. YET I still pay into a system I get nothing out of. I think my frustration will only grow with my income in this regard, as the more you make of course the more they tax. Despite the fact that you RECEIVE nothing extra for your additional taxes.
Do people not look at this from a basic economic perspective? If you pay more, you should get more. Why do we all pay different amounts for the exact same services? Why does someone who gets paid welfare get to be served before me at the hospital if their condition is just as severe as mine? Because they got there first? TOO BAD! My tax dollars are not only supporting this other person but also contribute to the salaries of the doctors and nurses who chose her over me. How is that economically correct?
In essence, tax simply isn't fair. I have to come to terms with that, as hard as it may be.
Now I understand that we should be good human beings and support the needy, but I choose to d so through charities and charitable efforts of my choice, thus should not have to agree with who the government decides is most in need.
So in summary, taxes are not my friend. Nor, I'm sure are they yours. They are the thorn in the side of my bi-weekly pay cheque and I detest them. Thankfully Alberta has lower taxation rates. Less to hate, I figure.
Fact: The first known system of taxation was in Ancient Egypt around 3000 BC - 2800 BC in the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Records from the time document that the pharaoh would conduct a biennial tour of the kingdom, collecting tax revenues from the people.
Fact: The highest personal income tax rates are in Denmark, at a maximum of 63%.
So I suppose I am not moving to Denmark... In Great Shoes.
