From: "Gary Britt" 

My experiences with the Canadian client were about 26 years ago.  However,
if the withholding in Canada is higher than in the USA, then the CD Howe
Institute people, whomever they are, are quite correct because the tax
rates in the USA are at Extortion levels themselves.

I mean GOD only wants 10%, who is the federal government to want 40%
!!!!!!!!

Think of it this way.  Phil, I and all others here wouldn't have ANYTHING
political to talk about if governments didn't take more in taxes than GOD.
Why?  Because they wouldn't have enough money to get into any
mischief!!!!!!!!!   Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase Money is the root
of all evil!!!   Give governments too much money and look what evil they can
do.

Cheers,

Gary

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
news:3fdb482c{at}w3.nls.net...
> As I said in another message, I was incorrect because I believed that the
> military still had a limited number of offences for which capital
punishment
> was still on the books.  So you certainly get 1 out of 3 for that one.
>
> The taxes situation has changed substantially in the past decade or so.  I
> have no doubt that we _still_ pay higher taxes (as my Canadian friends who
> are working in the US like to point out) than in the US but the disparity
is
> significantly reduced.  "Extortionate taxation levels" are a constant
> refrain from groups like the CD Howe Institute.
>
> I, too, would like to keep more of my money.  But keeping more of my money
> is simultaneously a social cost that, all things considered, is not one I
> choose.
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:3fdaaf7e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > All I know is in another life, while working as a CPA a client who had
> > emigrated from Canada and was operating a new construction business came
> to
> > my office early on to have me calculate his payroll checks and the taxes
> to
> > be withheld.  When I gave him the checks he examined them and exclaimed
> > incredulously is this withholding correct?  It can't possibly be that
low!
> > Of course all Americans thought (correctly I'll add) that it was quite
> high!
> >
> > The Canadian client explained the withholding for taxes would have been
> MUCH
> > higher in Canada.  On another day he described it like this:  In Canada
we
> > don't have as many potholes as in Houston, TX, but in Houston, TX we get
> to
> > keep so much MORE of our money.  We both agreed keeping more of our
money
> > was MUCH BETTER.
> >
> > Canada won't extradite a person to the US for a crime that might have
the
> > death penalty attached to it.  So if that doesn't indicate Canada
doesn't
> > support the application of the death penalty, then you and I have
> different
> > views of reality.
> >
> > So John, I'd say I'm doing pretty good.  Ah.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> > news:3fda1749{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > We have the death penalty (certain crimes in the armed forces).
> > >
> > > Our taxes generally compare favourably with American taxes.
> > >
> > > Civilized medicine.
> > >
> > > Did you miss anything?  I'd say you're 0 for 3.
> > >
> > > "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3fd9956f{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > Don't really know much about Canada, except it is more
socialized in
> its
> > > > laws and economy.  Has some real anti-American shoot from the lip
> > > government
> > > > officials that could give Phils' hyperbole a run for his money.
> Against
> > > the
> > > > death penalty.  Very high taxes.  Socialized medicine.
> > > >
> > > > Did I mis anything?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > > "Alan Cairns" 
wrote in message
> > > > news:BBFEB59C.3A749%alancairns{at}dccnet.com...
> > > > > On 11/12/03 7:12 PM, in article
3fd931f5$1{at}w3.nls.net, "Gary
Britt"
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > raving lunatic
> > > > > > liberal fringe
> > > > >
> > > > > So what do you think of our Canadian Liberal
government, which is,
> in
> > my
> > > > > view, far from left wing?
> > > > >
> > > > > (Or the BC "Liberal" government, which
is somewhere to the right
of
> > > > Genghis
> > > > > Khan?)
> > > > >
> > > > > Alan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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