XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, ns.politics   
   From: puela@nyet.ca   
      
   the simpleton aka simplicity wrote:   
   > So, the newly installed "wonder boy" od Alberta, Jim Prentice, comes on the   
   record stating that Alberta's flat tax is unfair to low income earners. He   
   does not try to substantiate it. Just "I state so and you are expected to   
   believe me".   
   >   
   > Well, perhaps he should do a bit of reading before he opens his mouth. He   
   can start from his own government Budget 2014 - the provincial tax comparisons   
   and discussion of progressivity can be found on page 120, in a section   
   entitled "Alberta's    
   Progressive Tax System."   
   >   
   > For example, consider the tax paid by the bottom 25% of income earners. They   
   provide:   
   > 4.8% of all taxes collected in Saskatchewan,   
   > 5.8% in Ontario,   
   > 5.9% in British Columbia.   
   > In Alberta, by comparison, the taxes paid by that same bottom 25% account   
   for just 2.9% of the province's total tax revenues.   
      
      
   Take a look at the provincial tax rate for ALL levels of income in Alberta -   
   even those earning over $150,000 a year.   
   That's why they're so reliant on killing their land for oil and gas resources:   
     they're too greedy to pay their fair share of taxes for their services and   
   infrastructures.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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