tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post4278279216438289121..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Living in the space between culturesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-32199454664581023012012-06-20T08:18:28.596-07:002012-06-20T08:18:28.596-07:00What gets me is the well-off who whine about payin...What gets me is the well-off who whine about paying taxes, the crowd that can most easily avail themselves of tax-saving techniques (such as employing an accountant), the relatively healthy who get that long- term benefit from being able to afford a visit to the dentist at least every two years. It's the same crowd that would rather spend their money on a grandiose gate into their exclusive community and on private security patrols. They've paid for their exceptionalism ; does that absolve them from paying their fair share of taxes? Their fear is not of becoming poor but of the poor envying what they have. Yet they condemn the development of cooperative social structures that enable the poor to live happily without much of the trappings of "wealth."Scotty on Denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-67429567624277952522012-06-18T16:35:13.074-07:002012-06-18T16:35:13.074-07:00Because government is a little on the pervasive si...Because government is a little on the pervasive side in Canada we all hear and see anecdotal evidence of one of our many levels of government pissing away our money like drunken loggers. Other than that we don't seem to mind paying taxes that much compared to a great many other national economies.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.com