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From: sccowan@watmsg.waterloo.edu (S. Crispin Cowan)
Newsgroups: can.general,ont.general
Subject: Re: income tax tips #23: new personal income tax rates
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Date: 14 Jun 89 20:00:32 GMT
References: <1989Jun12.133058.28912@lsuc.on.ca> <2311@uwovax.uwo.ca>
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In article <2311@uwovax.uwo.ca> gerard@uwovax.uwo.ca (Gerard Stafleu) writes:
>In article <1989Jun12.133058.28912@lsuc.on.ca>, dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) writes:
>[Interesting article and table deleted]
>> The bottom line is still that the marginal rate stays under 50%,
>> meaning that even with a high income you'll keep over half of
>> extra money you earn.
[nifty analysis]
>                              GNP
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Total of all taxes, fees and levies collected by all levels of goverment
>
>
>Also interesting is the "total personal tax pressure":
>
>        Sum of all personal income
>---------------------------------------------
>Taxes etc. payed by people having such income
>
>I would be inclined to call this number the "real" marginal tax rate, 
>although I realize I'm open to accusations of terminological confusion.  
>Unfortunately, I don't have these numbers.  Does anyone?


I believe non-voluntary taxes (i.e. most of them) to ba a form of
armed extortion:  pay them, or else armed people will come to take you
away.

"Never shoot at tax collectors while drunk--you might miss." (or
something to that effect)
	Lazarus Long (a.k.a. Robert Heinlen)

Does anyone know of a serious lobby group pushing for lower taxes (and
spending, of course) that one could join?  I'm really tired of paying
for expensive government services that I didn't ask for and don't
want.

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