XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general
From: Canuck57@nospam.com
On 18/06/2011 8:37 PM, merlin! wrote:
> "John Fleming" wrote in message
> news:o4nlv6d25q9dq3g2f8umko69pe67pnk53l@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:13:25 -0700, while chained to a desk
>> in the scriptorium "merlin!" wrote:
>>> $"John Fleming" wrote in message
>>> $news:hkliv6d5fam9sf90dn7gi7gp22vehhajbb@4ax.com...
>>> $> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:23:46 -0400, while chained to a desk
>>> $> in the scriptorium "Fred Williams" wrote:
>>> $>
>>> $>> $One thing you didn't mention, is that now our income tax has to be
>>> paid
>>> $>> $in 4 3-monthy installments, rather the whole annually. As seniors,
>>> our
>>> $>> $income tax burden is 10% of our pensions - and the above change
>>> $>> $only makes it more burdensome.
>>> $
>>> $yeah, most of the taxes fall on working guys who are trying to raise a
>>> $family. That's the Canadian socialist version of "fairness".
>>
>> If you are middle class, you tend to get hosed.
>>
>> Unless you are retired, the bulk of your income is salary.
>> And as you point out, if you have kids to raise, you have
>> extra expenses and can't take advantage of things like RRSPs
>> and TFSAs to help reduce the tax bite.
>>
>> At least there are now a few more family oriented tax
>> deductions.
>
> I haven't seen any, and I've been raising kids for 30 years now. I had a
> RRSP once, but that went to feed lawyers.
Divorce?
Myth: A wife is cheaper than paying for it.
Truth: You should see a good marriage/divorce lawyer BEFORE you get
married.
I am not anti-marriage, but marriage is generally a man trap. Some
exceptions exist.
There are deductions for kids that reduces your taxes owable.
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Government isn't the solution to the bad economy, it is the problem.
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