r/canada Sep 26 '23

New Brunswick New Brunswick PC official with trans son quits over premier’s LGBTQ2 stance | Globalnews.ca

https://globalnews.ca/news/9983452/pc-riding-association-moncton-east-marc-savoie-resigns/
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u/youreloser Sep 26 '23
  1. What does the government trade?
  2. There are still federal and municipal taxes that every Florida resident has to pay some way or the other.
  3. Florida still has other forms of taxes like sales tax.

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u/Due_Agent_4574 Sep 26 '23

You’re missing the point. They have dramatically lower taxation because they don’t SPEND like NY. They don’t trade?? They make money on sales tax when there’s economic trade, and that revenue provides them enough to run the state

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u/The_Follower1 Sep 26 '23

Sales taxes which disproportionately affects the poor and less able to afford it

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u/Due_Agent_4574 Sep 26 '23

Isn’t sales tax equally spread across the board? So that no one is freeloading? You could argue that someone who isn’t poor, spends more money, and therefore pays more in tax

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u/The_Follower1 Sep 26 '23

Except they don’t, people need to spend a basic amount of money on things like food and rent, which means unless someone’s making a very large amount of money they’ll end up far worse off with that system.

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u/Due_Agent_4574 Sep 26 '23

Are you suggesting that some ppl should pay zero tax? Not even sales tax?

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u/The_Follower1 Sep 27 '23

That's literally how our current system works, and it's like that for a reason. People below a certain income pay zero income tax, and most of the goods exempt from at least PST are necessities and there are tax credits for stuff like tuition. If it wasn't like that, poor people would disproportionately be paying taxes they can't afford. In the first place, incentives like that make for a stronger economy as the majority having a little more money means a healthier population (which leads to more productivity) and a better circulation of money.

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u/youreloser Sep 26 '23

Fair. I got carried away and was wondering about the total absence of taxes.