Taxes

Summed up, the average Canadian family faced a tax bill of $36,782 in 2004 against income of $75,436. The total taxes imposed on the average Canadian family consumed nearly 49 percent of income. In other words, average Canadian families hand over nearly half of their income to Canadian governments. -- the Fraser Institute via the shotgun So we pay more to various levels of government than we do for food, shelter and clothing combined. Nice. And what do we get in return? Healthcare coverage, roads to drive on, an army to protect us (sort of), a government to advocate for us (sort of), police, firefighters, etc, etc. Those are all important functions, but are they worth half of all our incomes?