Taxes getting a little to high?

[DEATHxxx50bmg]

Always in the news do you here how a tax is put into affect or this tax was raised to accommodate an agenda of some sort. They never specify what they're for exactly. Yet they keep adding to the taxes. Are they getting to high? Are there too many or is it just there to help this country? Maybe they're there to secretly pay off the tremendous debt we have. who knows.

[seirachan]

here we have HST, some bullshit tax that adds 12% to EVERYTHING it added $100 or so to my computer i bought. Groceries are getting very expensive and I don't even buy that much. I spent $200 on barely anything. It's really hard to deal with and not every province in Canada has it, I'm just one of the unlucky ones. They've been fighting it for awhile but I haven't heard anything. I think it came around just one year ago but I can't remember fully. Lots of businesses are going down all around my town. The first week HST came out barely anyone was even eating out anymore.

They say it will save us money "in the long run" but I don't see anything, just been shutting down businesses so far and making people short on food.

[Koby]

Here there is no tax on food, but everything else there is. I believe the money we pay in taxes goes into the old fat white guys pockets who work for the government.

[Dude888]

And here is how it works in Quebec we have a tax on a tax:

Example

The taxes are calculated as follows on a taxable item with a selling price of $100:

Selling price............................$100.00

GST ($100 × 5%)....................$5.00

QST ([$100 + $5] × 8.5%)........$8.93

Total.....................................$113.93

Since January 1st, 2011 the QST went from 7.5 to 8.5 , and I think they want to increase it, again.

[DEATHxxx50bmg]

And here is how it works in Quebec we have a tax on a tax:

Since January 1st, 2011 the QST went from 7.5 to 8.5 , and I think they want to increase it, again.

if it makes ya feel better california has and 11 percent tax to the dollar. and your english is fine. better than mine.

[realmzmaster]

The problem lies in that governments (local, sate and federal) spend far more than they take in. Which is a recipe for disaster. We do it ourselves on a smaller scale. The average person has more debt than they can manage. The expenses out strip the revenues. When that happens government finds something to tax. They will pick on luxury items, items that are unhealthy and addictive (like alcohol and cigarettes) or something every car needs to run (gasoline) Why, because it is easier to raise taxes than cut out pet projects (that may generate jobs) or tamper with programs like Social Security, or Medicare (seniors vote in significant numbers). The average person has to find more revenue (like getting a second, third? job).

When expenses outstrip revenue we borrow and so do governments. This is why we have a large deficit. Everyone says we have to cut expenses. The question becomes what do you cut? Far easier to raise money by taxing the working populace.

Some states resorted to cutting help for the mental ill. Now we have people walking the streets that have no business being there. Other states are cutting education. Which simply means that are children will be stuck on stupid and dip in dumb.