Re: Mental energy

Sales taxes have gone down, but are still high, and beer is still overpriced.


On 6/9/11, Karl Swenson <[email protected]> wrote:
> All I can say is when I was there in 2002-2003 I was amazed at how many
> taxes there were.  GST and PST and the guys who worked there told me about
> high income taxes.  And don't get me started on the price of beer....
>
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> Until about 2004 in Ontario we didn't pay anything beyond our income
> taxes, then they added a new "premium" that is lumped in with our
> income taxes.  From wikipedia:
>
> "The Ontario Health Premium is an additional amount charged on an
> individual's income tax that ranges from $300 for people with $20,000
> of taxable income to $900 for high income earners. Individuals with
> less than $20,000 in taxable income are exempt."
>
> It hasn't gone up at all since then, but it was very controversial as
> the Premier was freshly elected and had promised not to raise taxes.
>
> Still, people either pay fees for or pay for health insurance for:
> dental
> optical
> orthotics
> prescriptions
> massage therapy
> chiropractors
> private rooms at hospitals for after giving birth
> some treatments and medications that haven't been approved yet
> other stuff I can't think of at the moment
>
> I'm content with the system, and they have made progress on wait
> times.  The key challenge is to eliminate waste and excess bureaucracy
> to keep costs under control.
>
> Jeremy
>
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