You are correct and in the end I wouldn't have chosen a different path. I am happy with my life and chosen profession. I have done well and provided a good life for my daughter.Everyone, right out of high school, is given an opportunity to choose their own profession.
Make the most of the one you chose and try not to complain about the one you did not.
My issue is a Minster of Finance who seems to think that all small business owners, who have invested their life savings and their lives into their businesses are a bunch of tax cheats.
Sure there are some situations where certain wealthy individuals do bend the rules to get away with paying little to no taxes, which by the way both Morneau's and Trudeau's families very likely did, but to just throw all business into the same pot and declare that all corporations are somehow not paying their fair share is just wrong.
To compare the financial situations of 2 completely different people (unionized wage earner versus a small business owner) and then say that the small business owner is using loop holes to get avoid paying taxes is just ignorant and shockingly irresponsible.
The Minster is also being very dishonest about all of this. Whenever he opens his mouth he implies that corporations and small business owners are somehow not paying taxes. Anyone with any knowledge of the tax codes in this country knows that these rules do not allow for the avoidance of paying taxes but rather allow one to defer the payment to a later time. This allows those of us without a cushy government or company subsidized pension to plan and save for our retirement. And when the day comes we choose to retire and start using that money, we will still have to pay tax on it.
My issue is not with my chosen path in life but rather with a couple of ignorant, ill informed, dishonest buffoons who think, despite the fact that we have invested our lives in our businesses, created employment, supported the jobs of our suppliers, pay all kinds of taxes (Winnipeg still has a business tax - simply an additional tax for operating a business in the city) and done more for the country than these 2 have ever done, seem to think they can come after small business for more money just becasue they can't manage a Budget. I guess this is what Pretty Boy meant when he said "the Budget will balance itself."
What a f**king MORON!
Cheers
J





