| I write articles to provide people with a different | | | | up as much credit as possible to carry on, until we |
| perspective or compel them to think about change. It | | | | max out, then left with no choice but to declare |
| saddens to me to see how many hard working | | | | bankruptcy, and starting that viscous cycle over again. I |
| Canadians are suffering silently at the hands of a | | | | just heard on the radio eighty eight hundred people |
| Government that in my opinion is not fulfilling their | | | | went bankrupt last month. How many lives are we |
| obligations. I was under the impression that we elect | | | | going to let go down the tubes before demanding our |
| leaders to represent us, and facilitate our well being? | | | | Government get their priorities straight and make the |
| The majority of our citizens are not rich, working in low | | | | major changes needed. So once again Canadians can |
| paying jobs, and being over taxed to the point where | | | | prosper and become self reliant again? |
| they can not even maintain the bare necessitates of | | | | The plan should be a get back to basics one, reducing |
| life. Something is going terribly wrong with our quality of | | | | taxes, providing the services properly, making available |
| living. If we ponder back to many decades ago; even a | | | | loans to people with a solid business plans, and of |
| person working a minimum wage job or bit higher | | | | course assisting those who want an education. |
| could afford to support a family with just one | | | | Perhaps changing legislation too a more fair business |
| paycheck. I thought the idea of implementing minimum | | | | practice would not hurt either. In order to make such a |
| wage was so people could at least get paid enough to | | | | modification we would need to start becoming a |
| survive, even after remitting their fair share of taxes. | | | | country that manufactures products instead of being a |
| The reality is we are actually being taxed out of all our | | | | service nation. In my opinion, free trade and having |
| income. Just think of the list, income tax, property tax, | | | | other third world countries produce our goods has not |
| payroll tax deductions, unemployment insurance, | | | | been beneficial. Would it not be nice to have Canadian |
| federal tax, provincial sales tax, school tax, the goods | | | | manufactured goods, sold by Canadian retailers once |
| and service tax, airport tax, thirty two percent tax on | | | | again? Remember the days of Eaton's selling clothing |
| every liter of gas we buy, capital gains tax, and list just | | | | made right here at home? We were once among the |
| goes on and on. How can a person earning eight | | | | world's fashion capitals, Montreal, New York, and Paris. |
| dollars and seventy five cents an hour or more get by, | | | | How about revamping the banking system as well, let |
| and have any hope of a future, or supporting a family | | | | the bankers be bankers, and allow our insurance and |
| properly, even with both the adults working in the | | | | brokerage houses to make a living too. In my way of |
| household? | | | | thinking if this keeps up soon it will be like Russia was |
| To add insult to injury our Government also makes | | | | with bread lines, no shopping choices, government run |
| revenues through their crown corporations like the | | | | everything, and either extreme wealth for those |
| liquor stores, casinos, gas stations, lotteries, and real | | | | connected, and extreme poverty for those who are |
| estate. Can anyone please tell me why our hospitals | | | | not. |
| are under staffed, and our schools do not have brand | | | | Once our country is back on track then we should |
| new books with all those taxes collected? Does | | | | consider all the other world issues and social problems |
| anyone out there see what I mean, or is it just me? | | | | that face us today. It is time to stop keeping us busy |
| When one observes Government priorities should | | | | thinking about a melting polar cap, and for us to bring to |
| saving the planet supersede making sure every citizen | | | | an end the Canadian melt down. This is my version on |
| can rescue themselves first? | | | | how we can stop living poor!! |
| It would seem our modern mode of success is building | | | | |