Canada is starting to feel the pinch...but we're doing well because we are a resource driven country. As long as there is a demand for Oil and Wood we do pretty well. The Russians are going to tax the shite out of Log exports so our Lumber industry should pick up again as the Chinese will buy more of ours and less of the Russians
Summary of Federal Individual Income Tax Data, 2006
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Number of Returns with Positive AGI
</td><td width="104">AGI ($ millions)
</td><td width="103">Income Taxes Paid ($ millions)
</td><td width="84">Group's Share of Total AGI
</td><td width="84">Group's Share of Income Taxes
</td><td width="84">Income Split Point
</td><td width="84">Average Tax Rate
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">All Taxpayers </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
135,719,160
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$8,122,040
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$1,023,739
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">100%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">100%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">-
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">12.60%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 1% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
1,357,192
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$1,791,886
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$408,369
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">22.06%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">39.89%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">> $388,806
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">22.79%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 2-5% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
5,428,766
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$1,185,828
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$207,311
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">14.60%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">20.25%
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17.48%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 5% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
6,785,958
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$2,977,714
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$615,680
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">36.66%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">60.14%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">> $153,542
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">20.68%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 6-10% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
6,785,958
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$865,430
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$109,060
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">10.66%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">10.65%
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12.60%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 10% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
20,357,874
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$3,843,144
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$724,740
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">47.32%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">70.79%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">> $108,904
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">18.86%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 11-25% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
13,571,916
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$1,692,686
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$158,413
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">20.84%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">15.47%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84"></td><td valign="bottom" width="84">
9.36%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 25% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
33,929,790
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$5,535,830
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$883,153
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">68.16%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">86.27%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">> $64,702
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">15.95%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 26-50% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
33,929,790
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$1,569,769
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$110,023
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">19.33%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">10.75%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84"></td><td valign="bottom" width="84">
7.01%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Top 50% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
67,859,580
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$7,105,599
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$993,176
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">87.49%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">97.01%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">> $31,987
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">13.98%
</td></tr><tr><td width="97">Bottom 50% </td><td valign="bottom" width="115">
67,859,580
</td><td valign="bottom" width="104">$1,016,441
</td><td valign="bottom" width="103">$30,563
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">12.51%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">2.99%
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">< $31,987
</td><td valign="bottom" width="84">3.01%
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quality of life of your average brazilian, chinese, european is lower than here
canada might be somewhat okay for now at least
since they have a small population relative to their abundance of resources
like killbill said they dependent on high commodity prices as is brazil and many other countries
they love 4 dollar gas in america
canada might be paying more too but can afford it with more revenues for the country since they are a big net exporter of resources
and as more of you socialists that don't understand the big picture flock north the higher population puts a burden on the job market
canada might be somewhat okay for now at least
since they have a small population relative to their abundance of resources
like killbill said they dependent on high commodity prices as is brazil and many other countries
they love 4 dollar gas in america
canada might be paying more too but can afford it with more revenues for the country since they are a big net exporter of resources
and as more of you socialists that don't understand the big picture flock north the higher population puts a burden on the job market
The top 25% of wage earners pay 86.27 % of all federal income taxes
The top 50% of wage earners pay 97.01 % of all federal income taxes
The bottom 50% of all wage earners pay 2.99% of all federal income taxes.
What more do some of you want?
The top 50% of wage earners pay 97.01 % of all federal income taxes
The bottom 50% of all wage earners pay 2.99% of all federal income taxes.
What more do some of you want?
you guys depend on us so much not just military
but also our consumption
the recent debt ridden hyper consumption via easy us credit allowed commodity prices to go ballistic and the candian economy loved every minute of it
there probably is a shortage over the long term so your prospects are good (assuming you guys don't see a huge population increase during that time) but near term i think that weakness you are seeing is gonna get worse as global consumption slows and eats into commodity prices
america is a controlled war zone. you dont see the fighting on the outside, everyone hides it on the inside. you see it starting to boom now though with the astronomical crime rates, illiteracy rates, unemployment rates, dropout rates, bankruptcies ,foreclosures etc.
tocco is the typical american who stores all of his anger inside of him. will say everything is peachy and clean until the day he cant take it and puts a bullet in his head.
better just to get it out and do something about it instead of letting it build up. speak out, change, leave like me or accept your fate and quit complaining about it like you do now.
your solution to fix the problem GTC is only gonna make it worse
government can't fix these problems....more government ever since the new deal has made these problems come about!!! government involved education has made us stupidier!!! government involved in housing (fannie mae and freddie mac) has aided our housing bubble!!!!
anyway no getting through to you i suppose
been here before many a time i wish you luck
government can't fix these problems....more government ever since the new deal has made these problems come about!!! government involved education has made us stupidier!!! government involved in housing (fannie mae and freddie mac) has aided our housing bubble!!!!
anyway no getting through to you i suppose
been here before many a time i wish you luck
Oh of course as the US goes we go eventually...but at least we have stricter lending policies so we won't see a mortgage crisis the way you guys have.
Kinda PO'd our PM is pissing off the Chinese...they are next to the US for us economically...If the US is Number 1 the Chinese are quickly becoming 1a.
As far as militarily, it's hard to say as we don't really have to many countries looking to blow us up but I wouldn't be surprised if the US starts flexing it's muscles against us in the Arctic as the cap melts away.
The only anger I have is at people like you, who think America is what is wrong in the world. You make sick. You talk like every socialist country in the world is fucking perfect and there is no crime or economic problems there. You really have no clue about life. You are a miserable person, and I think it is you who needs to the bullet not me. How do you go through life everyday being as miserable as you are?? I couldn't live like that. But that's typical lib thinking. You need help, and Canada isn't the help you need. You need serious psychological help.
well your location right next to us obviously helps
if you were located in europe that would be a different story
think canada has a pretty frothy housing bubble regardless if there is less shady lending the prices seem crazy to me
"van-city" housing prices are flat out silly IMO
this is where we differ. you think all government is bad. i think government is fine if its run correctly like in other countries. canada has a proven government that runs correctly. many euro countries do. several south american countries do.
tizzie you got this image burnt into your head that all governments are corrupt as the us government so you automatically label any country with strong government presence as a doomed society. that logic is simply incorrect
it fucking doesn't work in the US
and you'd basically have to throw everybody outta washington including the lobbyists...that ain't gonna happen if your hero obama gets in
we the US subsidizes their socialism
ron paul and obama complete polar opposites
no clue how you support both make no sense at all
and you'd basically have to throw everybody outta washington including the lobbyists...that ain't gonna happen if your hero obama gets in
we the US subsidizes their socialism
ron paul and obama complete polar opposites
no clue how you support both make no sense at all
well your location right next to us obviously helps
if you were located in europe that would be a different story
think canada has a pretty frothy housing bubble regardless if there is less shady lending the prices seem crazy to me
"van-city" housing prices are flat out silly IMO
Agreed...half a million to live in a shoebox...
We had a news report last week, people were starting to panic because they we're getting multiple offers on the day the property is listed. And there was some shock some people weren't getting their full asking price within a couple weeks.
The advantage Vancouver Proper has it's located on a point so there isn't much space to work with...you can get cheaper places in the Burbs but that means a 45-60 minute commute to work. Plus downtown is beautiful.
