well trilene i got bad news for you. You most likely pay well over 60% in taxes here in B.C.. By the time you take federal income tax, provincial tax, G.S.T. (sounds nice doesnt it - not like goods and services TAX) provincial sales tax, property tax, gasoline tax, not to mention garbage levies, water tolls, oh yes highway tolls (including ferries) some municipalities have transit tax(whether you use it or not). If you have children in school there are school "fees" and material use costs, text book "rental' charges - why do we pay school taxes? Business licencing and commercial vehicle tags are a tax on the self employed. Speeding tickets are a tax on the working poor who are just trying to get from point a to point b faster so they can squeeze in more work each day. Don't forget gambling - a voluntary tax (mainly on the poor because they have so little hope.) Okay my last few points were a bit ranty but you get my point. In medival days it was if you grow 100 carrots 10 went to the state and 5 to the church. Hmm a fifteen % flat tax rate. Sounds good don't you think?
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