Truth in Reporting - the heading should be "Canadians pay more for social benefits (including health and education) and public infrastructure (roads, bridges, sewers, water, hospitals and such) than for food, shelter, and clothing combined’ because that is where the bulk of our taxes go. Seen in that light, it looks reasonable.
This may be true for the top 25% income earners, who only have to pay a fraction of their income for food, shelter, and clothing, and the bulk of it goes to investing to grow their wealth. Their taxes should be the main expense of their income.
Definitely not true for the bottom 25%, whose income goes predominantly towards food, shelter, and clothing, with very little left for anything else, and taxes a very small part of their expenditures.
Yet the Fraser Institute only sees the world through the eyes of the entitled rich.
Truth in Reporting - the heading should be "Canadians pay more for social benefits (including health and education) and public infrastructure (roads, bridges, sewers, water, hospitals and such) than for food, shelter, and clothing combined’ because that is where the bulk of our taxes go. Seen in that light, it looks reasonable.
This may be true for the top 25% income earners, who only have to pay a fraction of their income for food, shelter, and clothing, and the bulk of it goes to investing to grow their wealth. Their taxes should be the main expense of their income.
Definitely not true for the bottom 25%, whose income goes predominantly towards food, shelter, and clothing, with very little left for anything else, and taxes a very small part of their expenditures.
Yet the Fraser Institute only sees the world through the eyes of the entitled rich.