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Originally Posted by 68style
Misguided and misinformed.
You should move to the USA. Despite your obvious beliefs, Canada has one of the most efficient governments in the world given the limited taxable population and amount of services provided. Check out the pie chart below, now remove things that don't, in any significant form, exist in a place like the USA such as elderly benefits, employment insurance, medical benefits and child benefits... that's nearly 50% of what's being allocated from each tax dollar you pay.
Don't care about those things? Move somewhere else that also doesn't care about them and pay less tax. It's asinine to move to a country for the aforementioned benefits/reasons which created a lifestyle you found beneficial to yourself and then complain about having to pay for those things.
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You have to play some serious mental gymnastics to even come close to a conclusion that any government can be "efficient" to any extent, much less Canada's government.
I think a fundamental issue between people arguing different views in this thread is a lack of understanding of how governments work. ALL government programs will eventually turn to shit and will cost tax payers more than the benefit it provides. This is because governments function outside of market forces and don't have to operate under supply and demand conditions. They regulate supply, control demand, and set their own prices. And when they run out of money they raise taxes.
And "misguided and misinformed". LOL irony at its finest. That picture was completely useless to any real discussion because it doesn't go into any detail. It's just a bunch of buzz words.