Hello to all,
This morning while having a coffee in my fav joint, i saw this article in the very distinguished Journal de Montreal.
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/02/17/neuf-dollars-de-lheure-pour-une-ex-travailleuse-du-sexe
It's about the story of a lady who had been a victim of a 'murder' many years ago. She's asking to be eligible to receive some benefits from IVAC wich is Indemnisation pour les victimes d'actes criminels. Everybody is eligible under some conditions and the amount eventually being paid relies on many criteria, one of them is the salary you were earning at the time of the incident.
Apparently, the lady could not justify any income. No income tax report, invoices, etc. So the government said that she had a job paying the minimum salary and send her benefits accordingly. And she's not happy.
So my question is, how can you work out of the system (mainly all cash transactions) without paying income taxes and still ask to receive all the protection paid for by those who are paying income taxes?
Mind you, i'm not advocating for the theory stating that we should pay more taxes or that the wealthy don't pay enough.
I am just asking myself how some people can ask to receive money from the workers paying taxes while they work without paying taxes? It's a kind of a round trip free lunch. I don't contribute but still ask to receive the benefits of the social system.
Same thing with the Société de l'Assurance Automobile. If you have an injury in a car accident, you are eligible to receive some financial benefits if you don't / can't work for some time while you heal. The amount is based on your salary or business revenue as shown by your income tax declaration. But if you don't file anything to show your income, the government will pay only 'basic' compensation. But you will receive something anyway.
The problem is that the lady in the newspaper is asking for more money stating that as a sex worker she earned a lot more money at the time. But she can't prove it since she wasn't declaring her earnings as a sex worker and did not pay any taxes. We know why she did not filed an income taxes. It's to avoid paying the taxes (nothing to worry about declaring the type of business she's in, prostitution IS legal in Canada) and thus contributing to the system. But now she's asking to receive the full compensation.
It's like your not buying a property insurance but when you're incurring a loss, you still want to be compensated.
I am targeting the people, like sex workers in the article, who are working kind of full time on the side without paying income tax.
******AND I EXCLUDE THE DISABLED AND THE REAL POOR WHO DON'T WORK ENOUGH TO PAY TAXES !!!!!!!!! ********
No flame war please! Just a discussion!
This morning while having a coffee in my fav joint, i saw this article in the very distinguished Journal de Montreal.
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/02/17/neuf-dollars-de-lheure-pour-une-ex-travailleuse-du-sexe
It's about the story of a lady who had been a victim of a 'murder' many years ago. She's asking to be eligible to receive some benefits from IVAC wich is Indemnisation pour les victimes d'actes criminels. Everybody is eligible under some conditions and the amount eventually being paid relies on many criteria, one of them is the salary you were earning at the time of the incident.
Apparently, the lady could not justify any income. No income tax report, invoices, etc. So the government said that she had a job paying the minimum salary and send her benefits accordingly. And she's not happy.
So my question is, how can you work out of the system (mainly all cash transactions) without paying income taxes and still ask to receive all the protection paid for by those who are paying income taxes?
Mind you, i'm not advocating for the theory stating that we should pay more taxes or that the wealthy don't pay enough.
I am just asking myself how some people can ask to receive money from the workers paying taxes while they work without paying taxes? It's a kind of a round trip free lunch. I don't contribute but still ask to receive the benefits of the social system.
Same thing with the Société de l'Assurance Automobile. If you have an injury in a car accident, you are eligible to receive some financial benefits if you don't / can't work for some time while you heal. The amount is based on your salary or business revenue as shown by your income tax declaration. But if you don't file anything to show your income, the government will pay only 'basic' compensation. But you will receive something anyway.
The problem is that the lady in the newspaper is asking for more money stating that as a sex worker she earned a lot more money at the time. But she can't prove it since she wasn't declaring her earnings as a sex worker and did not pay any taxes. We know why she did not filed an income taxes. It's to avoid paying the taxes (nothing to worry about declaring the type of business she's in, prostitution IS legal in Canada) and thus contributing to the system. But now she's asking to receive the full compensation.
It's like your not buying a property insurance but when you're incurring a loss, you still want to be compensated.
I am targeting the people, like sex workers in the article, who are working kind of full time on the side without paying income tax.
******AND I EXCLUDE THE DISABLED AND THE REAL POOR WHO DON'T WORK ENOUGH TO PAY TAXES !!!!!!!!! ********
No flame war please! Just a discussion!
