As we are into tax season again, I want to vent about the lack of fairness in our tax regime.
There is no political party, or politician that represents my interests. I make a decent income and the government is only interested in transferring my income to their base. Whether that base is big oil, regional vote buying, or the poor, it does not matter because I do not belong to anyone's base.
When I'm hit with a $2,500 reassessment in December, or the fact that I have to pay obscenely high tax rates despite a middle class income, when I see disgusting unelected, politicians like Mike Duffy, abuse the system it makes me physically ill. The entire Senate is a disgrace and a slap in the face of the taxpayer.
The government believes that it has the right to fleece the hardworking taxpayers to reward perpetual, seasonal EI recipients. These entitled, lazy tax takers rob their fellow citizens without any concern about the people that pay the bills. It is taxation without representation and was the reason the American Revolution was fought 240 years ago.
It is unbelievably frustrating when no political party is interested in representing your interests. They use you as a ATM machine for their base and pet projects.
Taxing the hardworking productive people to reward the unproductive. This is not a Mitt Romney 47% argument. The recipients are a much smaller group and don't just include people, but big oil and the government's pet industries.
I don't want any further reassessments from Revenue Canada. They are bleeding me dry. It is bad enough that rural voters have greater representation than city dwellers, but even the Olivia Chow's of the world, representing big city constituents fail to stand up for their citizens.
I'm not an artist, a street person, a seasonal fisherman or an oil company, therefore I'm just expected to shut up and pay the bills. Not only is my opinion worthless, but it is an unwelcome intrusion to the discussion.
Monday, 25 March 2013
My Email to City Councillor Layton re. Proposed Toronto Casino
Hi Mr. Layton,
I reviewed your anti-casino mailer today.
I want you to know that not all of your constituents are anti-casino.
I'm 100% behind putting a casino in my neighbourhood. I'm tired of negative politicians turning down developments that would pump $millions into our economy and tax rolls. I'm tired of politicians that protect the 1% of people that are weak of self-control and moral decency to gamble within their means, at the expense of 99% of the population.
It seems to me that you and the perpetually cranky Adam "No-Fun" Vaughan, spend all of your time representing artists, low and no-income constituents. The people that pay for the services remain unrepresented. I pay the bills and have no representation at the local level.
There is more to the downtown core than artists and homeless street beggars. I'm a taxpayer and I want entertainment options. I don't need you to wag your finger in my direction and protect me from my own vices.
The far left and the far right have much in common. You both think you have the exclusive, righteous high ground and moral authority over the rest of society. You and Mr. Vaughan are really small town politicians with no vision. People that live in the core represent a cross section of society with different world views. The entertainment options I choose to partake in, are none of your concern. You are bereft of ideas that will generate tax $dollars for your pet projects, or transportation infrastructure.
You lack the ideas to be in a position to turn away $millions in jobs and investments.
I deserve better representation than you. I pay more taxes than most of the people that you represent, yet you exclusively vote for positions that advance the goals of people that fail to pay the freight.
John D'Arcy,
800 King St. West
I reviewed your anti-casino mailer today.
I want you to know that not all of your constituents are anti-casino.
I'm 100% behind putting a casino in my neighbourhood. I'm tired of negative politicians turning down developments that would pump $millions into our economy and tax rolls. I'm tired of politicians that protect the 1% of people that are weak of self-control and moral decency to gamble within their means, at the expense of 99% of the population.
It seems to me that you and the perpetually cranky Adam "No-Fun" Vaughan, spend all of your time representing artists, low and no-income constituents. The people that pay for the services remain unrepresented. I pay the bills and have no representation at the local level.
There is more to the downtown core than artists and homeless street beggars. I'm a taxpayer and I want entertainment options. I don't need you to wag your finger in my direction and protect me from my own vices.
The far left and the far right have much in common. You both think you have the exclusive, righteous high ground and moral authority over the rest of society. You and Mr. Vaughan are really small town politicians with no vision. People that live in the core represent a cross section of society with different world views. The entertainment options I choose to partake in, are none of your concern. You are bereft of ideas that will generate tax $dollars for your pet projects, or transportation infrastructure.
You lack the ideas to be in a position to turn away $millions in jobs and investments.
I deserve better representation than you. I pay more taxes than most of the people that you represent, yet you exclusively vote for positions that advance the goals of people that fail to pay the freight.
John D'Arcy,
800 King St. West
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Movie Critic
One of the reasons I like Air Canada much better than West Jet is the entertainment available. The West Jet planes and old style TV screens are dated. Air Canada offers movies just out of the theatre and before they are available on-line, or on movie networks.
On the St. John's trip I watched Life of Pi and Lincoln. I also recently watched Argo on i-Tunes. Even though both Argo and Life of Pi had significant Canadian angles, I much preferred Lincoln. The acting in Lincoln was much better. It did contain the usual preachy, re-writing historical wrongs, present in many Spielberg movies, but they were minimal and did not take away from the film.
The film painted Mrs. Lincoln, Mary Todd as a little crazy. Her eldest son would commit her in later years. It does suggest that partisan politics, failure to compromise with the other side, has been around for a long time.
On the St. John's trip I watched Life of Pi and Lincoln. I also recently watched Argo on i-Tunes. Even though both Argo and Life of Pi had significant Canadian angles, I much preferred Lincoln. The acting in Lincoln was much better. It did contain the usual preachy, re-writing historical wrongs, present in many Spielberg movies, but they were minimal and did not take away from the film.
The film painted Mrs. Lincoln, Mary Todd as a little crazy. Her eldest son would commit her in later years. It does suggest that partisan politics, failure to compromise with the other side, has been around for a long time.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
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