NUPGE's national secretary-treasurer, Larry Brown, looks at the long-term impact on government revenues and public services of the Harper government's new Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). 'How are you going to buy your own health care with $400?' he asks.
Everyone knows the Conservative government doesn’t like taxes. Prime Minister Harper has even been quoted as saying, “I don't believe that any taxes are good taxes”.
Yet while almost every Canadian grumbles about taxes, most people know that if they don’t pay taxes they are going to have to give up things like public health care, toll-free roads, safe food and education – all of these and thousands more vital services come from our taxes.
Read more from the NUPGE website: http://www.nupge.ca/node/2761
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