From: Izzy Sommers, MD, retired
7-140 Elmview Street, West
Welland, ON L3C 4K7, Canada
9057882237
May 5, Cinco da Mayo everywhere else
To: The editor,
The Globe and Mail
Toronto, ON
letters@globeandmail.ca
RE: Make it simple, please, Revenue Canada
Dear sir,
Every year at this time, I am reminded that filling out and filing the income tax forms is a pain in the neck. I am also reminded that I once lived in a country where filing was a single sheet of paper that asked my income and then calculated 15% tax owed so long as I wasn�t a student or I wasn�t making under 20K a year. It wasn't like Johnny Carson's annual joke: Fill in income in this square; send that amount to Internal Revenue Service. William F. Buckley, the erstwhile host of PBS�s Firing Line, and long time syndicated columnist in the USA, did all the calculations: If everyone contributed 15%, no matter what their income was, so long as it was above 20K, then everyone would pay his fair share. Moreover, the entire department in the government responsible for collection and records would be totally unnecessary and could be gotten rid of with a government saving far beyond billions of dollars. In the long run, Revenue Canada would be richer by billions since even millionaires would now be paying taxes and not paying lawyers to not pay taxes. It�s a simple idea that many countries have adopted with great success with enough extra money to provide free college education and free health care to everyone and lots left over for welfare and improvement of roads and bridges.
It�s a simple idea who�s time has come for Canada! Yay!
Thanks for listening.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers, MD retired
Welland, Canada
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