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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

“Was working illegally” as if they somehow forced an employer to pay them under the table instead of hiring a citizen. As if their income would even qualify for any significant tax revenue.

It takes two to tango, employers pay payroll and insurance tax as well.

But, I also agree. People who do not pay their fair share of taxes (even if that fair share is $0) should not benefit from the services those taxes enable.

Now you must agree billionaires and corporations should also stop receiving government subsidies because they are not paying their fair share, right?

Same thing goes for conservative regions that historically suck up funding while contributing none, right?

Anything else and you would just be a hypocrite lying about why lesser classes should be treated worse; that would be terrible!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Now you must agree billionaires and corporations should also stop receiving government subsidies because they are not paying their fair share, right?

Nope. If they're not paying their fair share, they need handcuffs.

Same thing goes for conservative regions that historically suck up funding while contributing none, right?

Nope. Humans get what they need. If the cons running a region say no, then they also get billboards.

Anything else and you would just be a hypocrite lying about why lesser classes should be treated worse; that would be terrible!

Every Canadian or landed new-comer needs equal healthcare access. Everyone pays as per their income (and we spend almost as much as we should spend putting the cheaters in cuffs) to fund the consolidated service that leverages its size for discounts (why don't the cons love that?)

Anything else is un-Canadian.