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Should the government raise taxes on the rich?

Should Canada raise taxes on the rich?

Australia currently has a progressive tax system whereby high income earners pay a higher percentage of tax than low income tax. A more progressive income tax system has been proposed as a tool towards reducing wealth inequality.

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Response rates from 1.1k Toronto 2 voters.

69%
Yes
31%
No
65%
Yes
24%
No
4%
Lower the income tax rate and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations
4%
No, but lower taxes for the poor
0%
Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets
1%
No, keep the current tax structure
1%
Reform to a flat tax

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 @9VDZDY9from Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

there shouldnt be a tax on your paycheck. we pay tax on everything we purchase so by taxing the paycheck then taxing what we pay after we get our check we pay more in taxes then we receive .

 @9F4F8G8from Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, and remove any possible loopholes that are currently being used or could be used by large corporations

 @9CBKZDDfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, especially on the highest tax brackets

 @8VSSTYWfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

Keep the current tax structure the same but learn how to spend better!

 @9ZMYJ4Pfrom Ontario  answered…3 days3D

Abolish the Income Tax. For people who make 100k or over per annum, the GST percentage should be 5% for each purchase. For people who make below that threshold, it should be 2%.

 @9ZLDVNLfrom Ontario  answered…6 days6D

Make anyone who’s income is $150,000 or more pay 5% in taxes. Make people who earn below the threshold pay 2%. Abolish the income tax entirely.

 @9ZHL598from Ontario  answered…1wk1W

No, it should be lowered slightly for the wealthy but not the extremely rich. Loop holes should also not be allowed larger corporations.

 @9ZHCGXDfrom Manitoba  answered…1wk1W

Absolutely not, as they would be citizens, how would it even be fair for them to pay higher taxes just because they have more money? All the citizens should pay the same equal taxes.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

War crime tourists pay $3,000 to see Ukraine’s horror

War Tours, pays a wage to its tour guides – who are refugees themselves – and regularly donates funds to the war effort. But some of his competitors appear to be raking in the cash: one week-long “war tour” package reportedly offered to tourists comes with a £3,000 price tag. Clients are from the US, Britain or “small European countries”, he says, and interest in tours has risen this summer. “I think they deserve to see what’s happening here because their governments support Ukraine, and they pay for that with their taxes,” he says, adding “people have a right to know how their money is spent.” It would seem that the Ukrainian government is also keen to attract visitors. In March, the country announced a campaign to attract tourists, saying it had the infrastructure and hotels to welcome foreign travellers, albeit when the war was over. “Any money that people will spend in Ukraine will help the economy to recover,” said tourism boss Mariana Oleskiv. More than 70,000 people visited the disaster-ravaged area in 2021, with numbers peaking at almost 125,000 in 2019, three years before the war broke out.“People are interested in seeing Bucha because it’s evidence of Russian aggression in their own eyes, rather than just through the media,” he explains. But “they also wanted to see destroyed Russian vehicles, and the different kinds of drones used by both sides, as well as the famous exhibitions in Kyiv”.

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