MuskokaGator

8 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

so you are okay with 1.5% reduction in taxes for middle class  

adding 15k for all new seniors up and coming - you okay with that  

 

You speak of middle class yet cheer huge tax breaks for the extreme wealthy - strange 

 

We could go backwards under Scheer

Add 1.5% back to middle class taxes (since the ONEWAYS claim this to be an increase by Trudeau) 

take 15k away from seniors 

 

more ONEWAY FUCKED UP THINKING 

If going backwards under Scheer means we are going in the opposite of Trudeau's direction the result is we are moving forward again. Yea....

Since Ontario has about 40% of Canada's population, along with the other three province's populations it is a fairly safe bet to say that most Canadians do care.

14 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

Had enough of false accusation, with the CONs in full on attack mode  he chose to leave politics 

 

Many ways to look at things, I will take his word that he has done nothing and had enough of this shit.  

 

 

I have one word for you Fail.

BLOWHARD

Biggest Lieberal Oneway Without Having Any Rational Deliberation

1 minute ago, 1trailmaker said:

Ministry jobs are insider payola - rewards

 

Removed from the Cabinet would be being dismissed 

 

 

 

And being moved to a lower position is Constructive Dismissal. I am sure you are well aware of what constructive dismissal is and what constitutes it...

1 hour ago, 1trailmaker said:

so you agree she wasn't fired  

 

You would think there was Personal gain for Trudeau 

 

Being demoted is grounds for Constructive Dismissal.

6 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

1 more Q and I believe that is 3 years of growth without interruption.......

Haven't seen that in quite s while.  Sunny Ways  

 

But since it slowed a bit you can post about it, silence when its growing.

Hopefully you can post more in the next year   

Why is our government spending like we are in a recession? If the economy is as good as the Liberals say why are we still in a deficit situation. In good times they should not be spending more than they are bringing in. Even more they should have a surplus and using it to pay down the debt. If they were doing this when the next downturn happens we would be in a better position to spend were it is needed. With no end in sight before we have a balanced budget, let alone reduce our debt, heaven help us when the down turn does occur.

I'm out of sledding so I really don't care anymore but my reasoning for preferring standard studs is as follows:

A standard stud goes into the track and not the paddle so when on a slippery surface both the studs and paddles are in contact with the ground. The screw in studs are in the paddles and are making contact with the ground with little or no paddle contact. May not make a big difference but to me you should get more grip with standard studs.

You really need to think before you comment on financial matters. I know that is a lot to ask of you but you really need to try.

A  5 billion deficit becomes 20 if the government commits to 5 billion new spending in each of the 4 years. 15 billion only becomes 60 if they commit to 15 billion in new spending in each year for 4 years; if they don't it is just 15 billion for that year. The cost to carry that debt in the following years will add to the deficit but it wont be 15 billion.

There you go with your crazy math again. Since there are approximately 30 million people in Canada and they are grabbing info on 500,000 per year that translates into 1 in 60 per year. Of course if you took into account kids and people without any transactions your chances of being selected are much greater.

Looks like Fail may have to reassess his position on the minimum wage. It's going to hit him big time for the purchase of his main recreational product.

But as you say it's only a small increase. You may have to cut back on your consumption.

http://torontosun.com/news/provincial/minimum-wage-hike-burns-ontario-marijuana-producers

Most people, including myself, couldn't care less about what Toronto pays in relation to other municipalities. It is the constant complaining and whining from Toronto that they need more provincial and federal money to solve their problems. Firstly they have a spending problem and need to get that under control. Secondly they have a lot of room to raise their realty taxes before running elsewhere.

10 minutes ago, 02sled said:

Would you tell me why there needs to be a higher mill rate on residential property taxes. They have a budget and they set the mill rate to fulfill that budget.

Toronto City Council has approved a 2017 tax-supported operating budget of $10.5 billion and a 10-year capital budget and plan of $26.5 billion.

If the city is collecting those $B's in property taxes and they are fulfilling the budget why do they need to collect a larger amount. Give them a budget surplus and as typical government bureaucrats they would find ways to waste the money. There is a prevailing concept of you spend every penny whether you need to or not because if you have money left over at the end of the year you will get less the following year.

There are 2 mill rates, realty and commercial. The City has always set the commercial rate higher than realty. Sounds fair right? Why shouldn't business pay more? Toronto sets its budget and collects what it needs but businesses are paying more than there fair share. They need to raise realty rate and lower commercial rate and collect the same amount of money.

4 hours ago, 02sled said:

So you're suggesting that the 401 where it runs through Toronto is maintained by the city. How about the 400, hwy 11. give it a rest Fail... your idiocy is shining through. Some hwy's were downloaded by the province to municipalities and are in fact now typically referred to as CR#

What I said dumb as a stump was that the total tax burden in Toronto is heavily borne by the commercial and industrial property taxes and high densities which lessen the burden on the residential portion. If your municipality had higher densities and more commercial properties you too would see your residential taxes go down.

Admit it Fail... you were wrong... there isn't any $1M homes in Toronto paying $3K in taxes. As for my home I pay the current mill rate based on the assessed value which is not $1M.

Even though I don't fully agree with how Fail gets there, he is right that Toronto Realty tax payers do pay less than there fair share of taxes in Toronto. Toronto has always charged higher commercial taxes because businesses don't get a vote, property owners do. Years ago Toronto complained that too many businesses were leaving and going to the suburbs were their taxes were lower. The province did step in and set limits as to how much commercial rates could be raised. They still pay more than their fair share but it is not quite so bad. Toronto, however, then complained that it was not fair to set limits on commercial taxes. Toronto politicians need to grow some balls and set realistic (ie higher) realty mill rates.

1 minute ago, 1trailmaker said:

Those house will not be when MPAC comes out soon, values have gone up 25% a year dummy.  up 300k in just a few years in most cases, MPAC will get you soon   I know several that pay very little in taxes, 02sled is one of them.  You should be paying about 8k in comparison

rate is about .7 in Toronto and 1.4 in other places, under taxed. 

You guys are still cheering Robbie who really cost Toronto more money than any Mayor in recent times. For 1 subway stop not even built.  All it takes is yell "gravy train" and you eat it up

 

 

Obviously you know nothing about how MPAC affects your taxes. MPAC sets the assessed value of your home which we all know is going up. The municipality determines their budget and then divides the total dollars required by the total assessment for their municipality to arrive at the mill rate. Your taxes are then calculated be multiplying your assessment by the mill rate.

The determining factor as to if your taxes will go up or down and by how much is determined by how your assessment increase compares to the municipality as a whole. If your assessed value has increased significantly less than the average you could see a decrease or very small increase in your taxes. If your assessed value goes up by 25% it would be highly unlikely that your taxes would also go up by that much. For your tax increase to match your assessment increase would mean that the majority of properties had their assessments stay the same or go down. If every bodies assessment went up by 25% and the municipality required the same budget dollars as the previous year your taxes would be the same as the previous year.

Yes. Never had need to submit a question but it was interesting and many times helpful.

Thanks...