Posted on 07/05/2025 9:10:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A trip through Canada suggests that the country has been impoverished by its punitive taxation.
Canadians have a taxing problem.
And so do their hockey teams. No Canadian team has won a Stanley Cup in the past 32 years.
Yet a Florida team has been in the Stanley Cup Finals for six consecutive years.
Florida: The State of Hockey!
This is not purely coincidence. Professional athletes, like all others of a competitive nature, like winning. And they don’t like surrendering millions of their hard-earned dollars to the government. Canada at large — and most of its provinces — impose significant taxes on their residents.
Florida has no state income tax whatsoever.
And therefore has an advantage over other states and provinces that do. If a state has, say, a 6% income tax, that means an athlete making $20 million a year would pay roughly $1.2 million a year more in taxes, instead of investing that money or providing for family, friends, and successors. Why? To fund programs that he or she may not even agree with — or even finds offensive?
My family recently returned from a Canadian fishing trip/vacation. The fishing was fantastic, the scenery spectacular, the people friendly.
But everywhere we went in Ontario, the retail outlets prominently listed an “HST” fee next to the prices of items. Turns out, HST stands for “Harmonized Sales Tax.” In this case, at a rate of 13%. So you had to add 13% onto the listed price of the item.
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Too many parasites and not enough producers. Their “best and brightest” will leave. The story of socialism. Anyone want to sign up for their MAID benefit?
British Columbia is advertising in the US to recruit health professionals to work in BC. Looks like they can’t find enough socialists in Canada.
Harmonized! Doesn’t that sound wonderful?
apparently, the Canucks do in fact just love these killer tax rates because they keep voting in the SOBs that levy them ... either that or they’re too stupid to understand cause and effect ...
MAID - If those taxes don’t depress or kill you, the government can help, eh?
Their “best and brightest” will leave.
Elon Musk
The average human has an IQ of 100.
Understanding “cause and effect” requires an IQ of 105.
This has never ended well.
Oh, Can na da is a 3rd world shithole country. They just don’t know it yet.
“apparently, the Canucks do in fact just love these killer tax rates because they keep voting in the SOBs that levy them ... either that or they’re too stupid to understand cause and effect ...”
But but they will tell you their Medical is free!
Sheesh, who’s gonna tell them? Doesn’t matter. it’s like talking to a wall. When you are stuck on stupid.......
Been going to western Ontario fishing for over 40 years. Great fishing, nice folks for the most part. Shit ton of ridiculous regulations just because they can. Can only buy beer/alcohol in the government run stores. Beer is 40 bucks a case. If you have a DUI they won’t let you in unless you pay money and give up your first born. Hand guns are strictly verboten. 10 days up there each year is plenty.
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