Great Going Canada....pathetic

[Boar-Ral]

I cannot stand our current government in Canada. At this point, I do not even know if I am Liberal, Conservative, etc. but what I do know is that their actions are speaking louder than words.

It was proposed last month that couples be able to file for taxes together in order to allow us to claim more of our taxes back. Currently, we can "file together" but must submit our applications separately. This results in some tax benefits, but not as many as if we could treat our incomes as one, our expenses as one, etc. The government turned it down, claiming it would cost them over $5 billion per year in lost revenue. Excuse me? Those are MY tax dollars, not the government's, thank you very much.

Christ, it's like a circus in parliment!

[H2 OHHH!]

[quote=Boar-Ral]I cannot stand our current government in Canada. At this point, I do not even know if I am Liberal, Conservative, etc. but what I do know is that their actions are speaking louder than words.

CAREFUL Boar-Ral.... You wouldn't want one of these tough guys coming after you!

[H2bill]

Give it some time and see what happens. Some years ago California passed a luxury tax on expensive cars and boats etc. People stopped buying them (what the libs wanted). But wait... since no one was buying them, guess who it hurt? All the people that were making a living building them. If those people aren't working, guess who isn't paying taxes? So much for all their projected tax revenues. They ended up repealing the law.