Recent content by newbie123

That's a fair comment and I made the comment about me more than I intended. I realize I am a single data point and extrapolating single data points over broad populations is fraught with problems. The point I was trying to make is that it is doable - although not glamourous - to make do with...

Minimum wage in MB is $11.90. Assuming a 40 hour work week and a person works 50 weeks per year, they will make $24,752 (50 weeks x $11.90 / hour x 40 hours x 1.04 for vacation pay). Taxes, CPP, and EI would be about $4,270 so a person would be left with $20,482. Sure, here are my expenses...

I agree with this. I think people get frustrated with taxation levels because of the ineptitude of all governments (municipal, provincial, federal; all parties) when it comes to spending money. Most people don't feel like they get good value for the tax dollars they pay but instead of directing...

The absolutely necessary expenses are far less than most people think if you are willing to make sacrifices. In University, I worked two jobs while in university to pay my tuition and day to day expenses (admittedly, I am fortunate to live in a province with very low tuition), had roommates...

I'm curious, how would you classify taxing fairly? In Canada, the top 1% make about 10% of the money and pay about 21% of taxes. The top 5% make about 23% of the income and pay 41% of taxes. The top 10% make 34% of the income and pay 54% of the taxes. The bottom 50% only pay about 5% of taxes...