{"id":335,"date":"2008-05-09T13:07:42","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T13:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/05\/09\/americans-are-taxed-more-than-canucks\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:49:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:49:21","slug":"americans-are-taxed-more-than-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/05\/09\/americans-are-taxed-more-than-canucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Are Taxed More Than Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Cool\" Mood:<\/strong> Cool ]<\/strong>
[<\/strong> Currently:<\/strong> Breasfeeding my son ]<\/strong>
Dharma and I have come to blows on this site more than once about the whole US\/Canada thing. In that sick, we still love each other sibling kind of way.<\/p>\n

A reoccuring theme is that Dharma thinks it’s ridiculous that I pay high income taxes. And like many Canadians, I simply grin and point to universal health care. Not having to figure out if I could afford an epidural during delivery was very nice.<\/p>\n

So imagine my surprise when Todd Maffin<\/a> linked to this page<\/a>. US personal income tax is 37.7%. Canada’s is 35%.<\/p>\n

Wow. That argument will be interesting next time it pops up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[  Mood: Cool ][ Currently: Breasfeeding my son ]Dharma and I have come to blows on this site more than once about the whole US\/Canada thing. In that sick, we still love each other sibling kind of way. A reoccuring theme is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n