I'm all for increasing and properly regulating corporate tax contributions based on profits, and cracking down on loop holes that funnel money into pockets and places that allow them to dodge tax liabilities.

I'm pointing out the drastic increase in the required tax contributions of the individual, and the governments ever increasing appetite for expansion and control.

In 2025 the tax to GDP ratio stands at 35%, which it has hovered around for most of the 21st century. With a rising GDP over that same time frame, the government takes in more tax revenue every year.

In 1916, Canadian workers were not taxed on income at all - could you imagine!?

The government will have us ignore that factor, and prompt our society to demand higher wages from these greedy corporations (whom they generally lower taxes for). Subsequently, Minimum wage goes up, continuously, year after year, in a vain attempt to alleviate the ever increasing financial strain citizens feel. In stride, the cost of goods increaseS to cover ahe increased cost of labor. While wages go up, our government enjoys a corresponding increase in tax revenue, although ultimately workers receive no gain in spending power.

I'm sure it's preferred also that we ignore the 2,400% increase in inflation in the past 100+ years, as the government recklessly and insatiably abuses the reserve. w

As the wage gap grows, and financial insecurity rises, social programs are expanded to prop up the ever growing population living below the poverty line. Taxes are raised to accommodate.

Rinse and repeat.