Gad Saad, evolutionary behavioral scientist and professor at Concordia University in Montreal, appeared on Hannity and gave American conservatives a lesson in what high taxation actually feels like when you live inside it — from someone who has the pay stubs to prove it.
He walked through the math step by step. ๐
๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐%. ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐’๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐.๐๐%. “๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ’๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 50๐ด.” But the income taxes are only the beginning. Every time you spend what’s left, you pay a double sales tax — combined federal GST and Quebec’s QST — at roughly 15%. Then add property tax, a carbon tax, a gas tax, and a school tax. The total? “๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ 30 ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ.”
Then Saad put a calendar to it:
“๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ 1๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐’๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.”
๐๐ก๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ. The Fraser Institute’s annual Tax Freedom Day calculation backs him up. The average Canadian family pays roughly 43.5% of its income in total taxes across all levels of government. In Quebec — Canada’s most heavily taxed province — that figure is even higher, and Tax Freedom Day falls around the end of August. Nationally, the average Canadian’s Tax Freedom Day falls around June 9 this year. For Saad in Quebec, it’s two months later. That’s two additional months of your life, every year, that belong to the state before any of it belongs to you.
For context: the United States’ Tax Freedom Day typically falls in April. That’s not because America is a tax haven. It’s because the gap between 30 cents on the dollar and keeping 40+ cents — ๐ข๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ. Americans who think the IRS is punishing should see what Saad’s Quebec tax bill looks like before his summer starts.
๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
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