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Canada finally reveals the results of its universal basic income experiment (ecency.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This is an untrue statistic often trotted out by the Conservative Frasier Institute. Canadians think we're taxed far more than we are, because public opinion has been manipulated to believe so. Average Canadian pays about one third of income to taxes - creeping up as you move up taxes brackets

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I don’t wish to interrupt a Canadian discussion, but the US is similar - ~20% state and federal taxes, property tax, medical coverage, etc. are all going to be about 30% income, if not more, depending on location. So not unreasonable at face value without going too deep into the particulars of each.

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