XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: sharx35@hotmail.com   
      
   "Canuck57"  wrote in message   
   news:TG7yn.55792$Ht4.1751@newsfe20.iad...   
   > On 13/04/2010 8:30 PM, Sharx35 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> "M I Wakefield"  wrote in message   
   >> news:i98xn.14739$sW1.12488@unlimited.newshosting.com...   
   >>>   
   >>> "Sharx35"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:ef7xn.1714$Z6.1209@edtnps82...   
   >>>> IF I had MY way, ALL freebies would be taxed, including LOTTERY   
   >>>> WINNINGS. Why should someone win $40 million and pay absolutely NO TAX?   
   >>>   
   >>> The tax is on all the ticket purchases ... I believe at one time, when   
   >>> you bet at a bookie in the UK, you used to be able to choose whether   
   >>> you paid the tax on your ticket, or on your winnings.   
   >>   
   >> Sounds interesting. Hope that Canada follows suit. Might I add that I   
   >> have NOT bought a lottery ticket in about 20 years.   
   >   
   > I don't buy many, but once every quarter.   
   >   
   > If I won 7 figures, I would get the money into a Panama bank account and   
   > instantly retire down there.  Fat chance it would see a Canadian income   
   > tax.   
      
   Austrian banking, is the new Swiss...total secrecy.   
      
   >   
   > --   
   > The Liberal way, take no responsibility.   
      
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