CPP is not "cheese" as it is paid by employers&employees. EI payments, even where more 'generous' in higher employment areas, are paid by employers&employees and so ought perhaps only 10% would be "cheese". I understand the intent of your article but like most statistics in this country there is a failure of delineation. Another example, is when citing public sector statistics, and comparisons by province or region, there is almost never a distinguishing splitting out of education/health/police/fire from all the civil servants.
You completely misunderstand the point of the post. CPP is a tax. EI is a tax. Paid by companies and paid by workers. Yes it goes to a specific outcome but it is still a tax on current income - it still reduces the income of all corporations and individuals to be transferred to targeted individuals. My point was in the aggregate government is transferring more and more of its revenue to these income transfers. You can break it down by different tax or program but it is still the same.
Not so; I did understand your post. And, it is valid. It is you who have "completely misunderstood the point of the post" I made in response. I will stand by CPP is not the same as the others as the benefits go only to those who paid in and by the amounts they co-paid with their employers, and therefore not transferred to "targeted individuals" by political policies. I will acede that EI would be included in your point.
CPP is not "cheese" as it is paid by employers&employees. EI payments, even where more 'generous' in higher employment areas, are paid by employers&employees and so ought perhaps only 10% would be "cheese". I understand the intent of your article but like most statistics in this country there is a failure of delineation. Another example, is when citing public sector statistics, and comparisons by province or region, there is almost never a distinguishing splitting out of education/health/police/fire from all the civil servants.
You completely misunderstand the point of the post. CPP is a tax. EI is a tax. Paid by companies and paid by workers. Yes it goes to a specific outcome but it is still a tax on current income - it still reduces the income of all corporations and individuals to be transferred to targeted individuals. My point was in the aggregate government is transferring more and more of its revenue to these income transfers. You can break it down by different tax or program but it is still the same.
Not so; I did understand your post. And, it is valid. It is you who have "completely misunderstood the point of the post" I made in response. I will stand by CPP is not the same as the others as the benefits go only to those who paid in and by the amounts they co-paid with their employers, and therefore not transferred to "targeted individuals" by political policies. I will acede that EI would be included in your point.
I don’t know that I would call CPP govt cheese it’s earned money we and our employers gave govt to invest for us....