Feel free to find a job outside of Toronto that pays as much as a job inside Toronto.
So now we're "more taxed than any other city and province"??? Are you sure about that?
i have had lots of jobs outside toronto that pay more than i would make in toronto. don't be silly in your thinking that toronto is the only place to work and i think your idea of making people pay to come into the city is wrong. the people that come into the city do so once a day and leave once a day, i think you should tax the people that live in the city and use those raods daily since they do more damage. how about that.
well i guess i was wrong, hold on i will brb gonna think of a way to cover that up.
If you think that Torontonians pay more for property taxes than do those outside of Toronto, for the same property value, you are delusional.
As someone who lives in downtown Toronto - I have no problem with this....
i get paid (and good) to see the country, travel where ever, listen to music all day and don't have a boss breathing down my neck while getting fresh air and sunshine. have fun in your office.
The people who live in the city pay for the roads that you drive on each day you come into the city, they deserve said roads to be in proper condition for what they pay. People who live outside the city do not pay for those roads, they pay for the roads where they live. I propose a gps tag on your license plate that would automatically add a fee of 50 cents for each time you cross into the city. It would show up on your taxes at the end of the year, then you can drive wherever you like and pay for it too.
Truth be told, all taxpayers think they're overtaxed, and it's got absolutely nothing to do with with their tax rate. The smart ones long ago absorbed Ben Franklin's message and got on with the difficult and tedious job of getting value from the government that collects them. Which doesn't eliminate the fools who imagine getting a tax cut is progress, when it really is just tax room for some future government.
Wow, you're just plain ignorant. Toronto is the city with the largest majority of JOBS. Sure, there are jobs out there in Markham, Missisauga, etc but not anywhere near the volume that Toronto has, thus the congestion of the highways and wear and tear on the roads here. You sound like one of those 905'ers who come here to use our ROADS and HIGHWAYS and is not upset that you'll have to pay for it..but u should be used to that right?? Maybe u should have thought harder when buying that big house in Barrie.
To quiet the constant screaming about the high price of ever-scarcer gas and the pollution and energy waste of packaging a single occupant in a muti-tonne SUV to get her to and from work, we should be thinking of every way we can to make the stupidity of that version of a necessary trip obvious. Tolls are one way to do that.
with your logic then you should have to pay every time you leave the city then since you don't pay taxes on those roads or in those municipalities. every time you enter a new municipality you should have to pay.
actually i am a 705er and i could really give a fuck what you do with the city. i am only in canada 36-40 hours at a time and calling me ignorant when you are not smart enough to see someone playing devils advocate or just pointing out the obvious flaws is not the smartest thing you could have done. seems like you got a serious hate on for everyone out there living the good life in the clean country air though.
