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   From: sharx35@hotmail.com   
      
   "Ed"  wrote in message   
   news:87d0e7f9-c0c3-467b-b9e4-103c31ea8c17@c27g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Apr 18, 5:49 pm, "Sharx35"  wrote:   
   >> "yp"  wrote in message   
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   >> news:65f51357-1351-4b66-9290-e90ab42c3ffa@b33g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...   
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   >> > On Apr 18, 11:32 am, Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> >> On 18/04/2010 6:41 AM, yp wrote:   
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   >> >> > On Apr 17, 8:47 pm, Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> >> >> In 2008 I decided I wasn't going to bust a hump to keep paying   
   >> >> >> insane   
   >> >> >> levels of taxation like a tax-slave sheeples.  When it looked like   
   >> >> >> Banks, GM, Chrysler&  "friend of government" corporations were   
   >> >> >> getting   
   >> >> >> debt funded taxes, I just spun out.  How can the buggers be worried   
   >> >> >> about tooth paste at hospitals and pop so much on debtors, welshers   
   >> >> >> and   
   >> >> >> losers...   
   >>   
   >> >> >> So I decided to cut in half my annual work hours of the last 2   
   >> >> >> years.   
   >> >> >> I   
   >> >> >> now work a lot less.  It feels good.  Even have less stress from   
   >> >> >> autos,   
   >> >> >> only have one down from three.  Pulled off 20 pounds, sleep better   
   >> >> >> and   
   >> >> >> eat better.  Even had my wife leave work (she wanted too) and now   
   >> >> >> get   
   >> >> >> a   
   >> >> >> juicy dependant deduction.   
   >>   
   >> >> >> It almost seems if you work 1/2 as hard, you get 3/4th of the net   
   >> >> >> income.  It even seems to go farther.  Don't ask me how, it just   
   >> >> >> does.   
   >>   
   >> >> >> Makes me wonder how many others are spinning out and getting off   
   >> >> >> the   
   >> >> >> government tax-slave tread mill.  That is, opting out of the   
   >> >> >> endless   
   >> >> >> carrot chase.   
   >>   
   >> >> >> --   
   >> >> >> Time to ask, is our government serving us or are we serving the   
   >> >> >> government?   
   >>   
   >> >> > Very bad example Canuck. Don't you hear all our experts saying that   
   >> >> > we   
   >> >> > need more productivity in Canada. In the last decade we lost badly   
   >> >> > to   
   >> >> > Americans and now we are about 30% less productive than them. You   
   >> >> > are   
   >> >> > just lazy like most Canucks and use "taxes" as an excuse. Admit it.   
   >>   
   >> >> Not enough rewards not to be lazy in this country.  The system does   
   >> >> not   
   >> >> motivate for productivity.  Isn't a problem I can solve, so just going   
   >> >> to go with the flow.   
   >>   
   >> >> I hear the experts a whining, but I don't see any incentive or action.   
   >> >> Let the over paid fools whine and find someone else to tax for their   
   >> >> iodiotic theocracy of statism.   
   >>   
   >> >> But still, I out produce 75% of the people in this country, I think I   
   >> >> should target much less.  Need to find a job in my profession that has   
   >> >> a   
   >> >> 3 day work week and holidays.  Think that is going to be my next goal.   
   >>   
   >> >> Good part about this is that I am learning that the less I make, I pay   
   >> >> a   
   >> >> disproportial less amount of taxes and really might not need to work   
   >> >> paying taxes at all.  Certainly don't need to work as hard as I have   
   >> >> in   
   >> >> the past.   
   >>   
   >> >> If you have criticisms of this, I suggest you take it to the 70%   
   >> >> others   
   >> >> in this country that produce nothing but welfare whining.  As there   
   >> >> are   
   >> >> only about 30% of us that work at non-government jobs and pay any   
   >> >> signifigant amount of income tax.   
   >>   
   >> >> And this sheeples is stepping off the treadmill.   
   >> >> --   
   >> >> Time to ask ask, is our government serving us or are we serving the   
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   >> > Well don't complain then if the government brings in more and more   
   >> > immigrants to do the work that you refuse to do.   
   >>   
   >> Immigration SHOULD be encouraged....from countries sharing common values   
   >> and   
   >> traditions.  Australia has the right idea in this regard.   
   >   
   > I approve of Harper's changes to the immigration laws that  will   
   > hopefully keep skilled engineers and even physicians who come here   
   > from developing nations like India or countries like Russia and  the   
   > former eastern bloc, from driving taxi cabs for a living because   
   > their credentials aren't recognized.   
   >   
   > The CMA, Canadian Medical Association (the physicians union) has been   
   > a barrier when it comes to that, and the standards held by engineers   
   > in nations that are not accepted here should be evaluated  on their   
   > own merits, not just turned down because the degrees and experience   
   > they hold are not from here.   
   >   
   > We do need immigration.  But well educated and experienced people   
   > should not be driving taxi cabs once they immigrate here.   They also   
   > belong at the front of the line.    Most immigrants do make  well,   
   > it's a fallacy that they don't.   But the better educated they are,   
   > the better the chance of  them contributing to Canada.   
      
   No arguments for me.  However, I DO believe that, to stay in Canada, within   
   FIVE years, all immigrants should be proficient in 1 of the official   
   languages: written, spoken and being able to read it, too.   
      
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