just did some quick math for the taxes in Canada
if you make 100000
27400 gets taxed away by income tax (27.4%)
13% sales tax
plus assuming you have a 500000 house (houses in canada seem to be more expensive than in the states), you will have to pay 8000$ in tax
than there is also EI (employment insurance that you have you contribute to)
and the union fees etc
so the result is, a middle class Canadian needs to pay
27400+13%*100000+8000=48400$, not including EI, pensions, union fees etc
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