”tax dollars”. Why do North Americans say that??? would it be “tax yen”? of course your tax would be in dollars! that’s your currency right? So, just saying “tax” suffices!!! For example: what is the government spending my tax on? Instead, they say: what is the government spending my tax dollars on?
Quite irritating!
”math”. Is the word mathematic? No. The word is mathematicS!!! so, if you do wish to shorten it, it would be “maths” not math!!!!
Anyway, I was reading an article this morning, written by a Canadian who was hellbent on criticising their new government for taxing him heavily and sending his tax dollars (grrr!) to help developing countries.
It never ceases to intrigue!
What do people think taxes are?
Let me dumb this down completely for you: if you earn $100,000 a year and pay 43% in income tax and moan that the $57,000 you get paid, is a travesty. I can scrap income taxes completely. So, no more tax! Hurrah!!! Done with that. But sorry, I ain’t gonna pay you $100,000. The work that you do, is worth $57,000. So, here is your TAX-FREE earning of $57,000. Off you go. Enjoy your TAX-FREE salary and quit having a moan!!!
How’s that math for you sir?!
People will moan and moan and forever moan!
The monetary system is not perfect. But someone sat in Canada having a moan about tax dollars! Well, move to Kenya and see how people do back-breaking work and earn an equivalent of $1,000 a year! Why, pray me, do you think what you do is worth the $100,000 you earn and are having a moan about???! The work in Canada is harder? you use more brainpower? Oh, I get it; it’s just the way it is? 😁
We can get employers to pay taxes directly and scrap income tax completely. But sorry, your salary is $57,000 friend. Not $100,000. Is that better for you sir?!
Let’s banish the word TAX. It’s no more. Gone.
Advertise every $100,000 salary job as $57,000 and the employer contributes $43,000 to the government purse. How about that?
And no need to send your “tax dollars” to developing countries. How about a single currency for the entire world? Let’s name it “world dollar” or W$. Such that W$1 in Kenya or Honduras is exactly the same and has the exact same value as W$1 in the US, Canada, France, UK etc. A teacher in Honduras then gets W$57,000 a year in salary, same as a teacher in Canada. Same value, same buying power. If the ticket for a flight from Canada to Honduras is W$100, then it is also W$100 to buy the ticket to fly from Honduras to Canada.
Let’s do that.
Keep your tax dollars sir! No need to keep bailing out the developing countries. Let’s simply end the pointless lopsidedness!
Of course economists will say it’s bonkers!
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