I have something to say

Originally posted by Mad_Medeiros:
I'm leaving this god damn stupid country, to live with my dad in ohio

If Canada wasn't bad enough.....

Mark

For a socialist gov't system, $4300 CAD isn't that bad. I pay about $5500 USD and most of that money is wasted and I don't qualify for any gov't assistance programs.

It's your job to put people in office that know how to spend your money properly. If there was less waste, your taxes should go down.

How much of your paycheck is "garnished" for the gov't?

What is your sales tax, gas tax, alcohol/tobacco tax (if any?)

If money is your main concern, you have to look at all the angles. Cananda might not be so bad then. You don't even need air conditioning so your electric bills are WAY cheaper than down here.

great, another angry foreigner coming to the US...

j/k good luck with your move and welcome

Loving the USA and all but taxes are EVERYWHERE. Always enjoyed Ohio. Nice folk and I really enjoyed the AtoZ race!

Oh well, more beer for us.

Consider moving to a state that has no State Income Tax. No reason to let big gov'ment(sic) get any more of your moolah than they already do! Texas and Wyoming (among a few others - Google it if you really want to know) FTW!

We don't need A/C here in Canada!? Are you nuts, it easily hit 45C (95F) with 98% humidity here in southern Ontario during the summer months. THAT calls for A/C.

I guess the grass is always greener EH.

Originally posted by Mad_Medeiros:
I'm paying 4300 a YEAR alone on my house,

I pay that a half ($3500USD so its the same) and I live in ohio, but my house is a bit bigger then 1900sq. ft

I (My parents) pay $13,000 a year in property taxes on a 2500 sp ft home.

i think the problem is not that you live in ontario... move anywhere else than ontario or british columbia and the tax will be lower... is way much cheaper to live in quebec i must say... prov. sales tax are lower (en tax in general) school fees are lower ect...

i dont think going to US will solve your problem really

Originally posted by SVT3Rivieres:

i dont think going to US will solve your problem really

Definatly wont hurt though.

Originally posted by Y2KSVT:

Originally posted by Mad_Medeiros:
I'm leaving this god damn stupid country, to live with my dad in ohio

If Canada wasn't bad enough.....

Mark

OHIO the armpit of the Mid-West.

Originally posted by gooserex:
We don't need A/C here in Canada!? Are you nuts, it easily hit 45C (95F) with 98% humidity here in southern Ontario during the summer months. THAT calls for A/C.

I guess the grass is always greener EH.

45C is 113F.

Originally posted by 99blacksesport:
I (My parents) pay $13,000 a year in property taxes on a 2500 sp ft home.

I have a 1900 square foot home that I pay $2200/yr property taxes on, and a 1200 sq ft home that I pay about $1200/yr property taxes on. Gotta love the Homestead Exemption!

Electric bills are both at about $130 per month average.

No income tax in Florida either!! Yay ME!

Originally posted by Wien_Sean:

Originally posted by gooserex:
We don't need A/C here in Canada!? Are you nuts, it easily hit 45C (95F) with 98% humidity here in southern Ontario during the summer months. THAT calls for A/C.

I guess the grass is always greener EH.

45C is 113F.

My gentex indicated 58C the other day:

I dunno, just being random!

Quitcherbitchin'.

Did someone put a gun to your head and make you buy a home that has taxes that high? Furthermore if you can afford a home that costs that much why are you whining about taxes in the first place. Education costs money, someone forcing you to go to school? Go work a BK or MC D's, Hydro Heat Water through the roof, Buy Candles, Get sweaters, Use less water.
I think you should move to Mexico, your sorry whining ass would be happier there, but I guess going back to Dad's will work, Hey maybe you can get on Mom's tit again save you some food money!
GROW UP!

Originally posted by coatsy:
Did someone put a gun to your head and make you buy a home that has taxes that high? Furthermore if you can afford a home that costs that much why are you whining about taxes in the first place. Education costs money, someone forcing you to go to school? Go work a BK or MC D's, Hydro Heat Water through the roof, Buy Candles, Get sweaters, Use less water.
I think you should move to Mexico, your sorry whining ass would be happier there, but I guess going back to Dad's will work, Hey maybe you can get on Mom's tit again save you some food money!
GROW UP!

Erm, I don't really get it. Your property taxes are at the municipal level, if they're too high I'd look into moving cities not countries. Is the value assessment of your house too high or the actual tax rate too high? If your assessment is overvalued compared to the market value you can request arbitration. We just cut our property tax in half because the assessments are so ridiculously high, all it took was a request for arbitration and then they call you before the hearing to talk you out of it, we had the value reassessed more realistically. It helps to have knowledge and proof of similar properties and what they've been selling for over say the past 6 months.

Maybe my view is skewed because the time I spent in the US I was living in Cali, but I didn't see that big of a tax difference from Canada. And Canada allows you to renounce your primary residency, move/work in another country and pay the local taxes instead of paying Canadian taxes (can't do that in the US). I guess if you want to make the move to the US and HAVE the luxury of making that choice, all the power to you. I recently had to choose between continuing my schooling in Canada or the US (US, I'd actually be living at home being in a border town) and professionally I wanted to go to the US, but there were just too many hurdles with not having a Green card and not wanting to deal with the uncertainty of being on student visas for 4 years then training visas for another 5 years. BTW, my tuition is ~$15k CAD per year vs $40k US, but that's what you pay as an international student at a US school.

There are a lot of reasons to move to the US, the business environment is certainly more favourable than here..in terms of taxation (in certain states) and just being able to get loans because you're not restricted to 3 or 4 banks. But a lot of the issues you cite are not that unique to Canada.

Move to Calgary, its the best city in the country in the most prosperous province in the country. We make more money than anyone else and we dont have PST. GO ALBERTA!!!

Originally posted by The Spelling Nazi:
Consider moving to a state that has no State Income Tax. No reason to let big gov'ment(sic) get any more of your moolah than they already do! Texas and Wyoming (among a few others - Google it if you really want to know) FTW!

Yes vegas too...but doesn't it cut needed money from state funded programs? schools? etc.? Even wellfare...so if you do end up poor - you're screwed?

Just means government finds more creative ways to steal for you so it can flush money down the toilet.

I thought $2400 a year was bad on my townhome because the copulating school district pity-partied two referendums through totalling a 25% increase! Don't get me started on the waste of our money otherwise known as public education... Jesse Ventura was right... it's a black hole.

I really think you need to just stop bashing both your home countries on these boards. Too many contradictions looking through your past posts. One day you hate the States and wouldn't live there if your life depended on it, the next day you 'just' hate the President, and now you hate Canada and its PM and are moving to the States to get away.

Originally posted by TGO:

Originally posted by The Spelling Nazi:
Consider moving to a state that has no State Income Tax. No reason to let big gov'ment(sic) get any more of your moolah than they already do! Texas and Wyoming (among a few others - Google it if you really want to know) FTW!

Yes vegas too...but doesn't it cut needed money from state funded programs? schools? etc.? Even wellfare...so if you do end up poor - you're screwed?

It usually means the big bad corporations that liberals whine about are paying higher taxes. In Wyoming, the taxes on the coal mining industry and other various entities more than covers what the citizenry would be paying in Income Tax. In Texas, big oil and it's myriad of supporting industries bears a good chunk of the tax load. Also, it seems to keep the state governments' spending in check a little more when they can't rely on taking your hard earned money just because they can.

As far as say, education, here in Texas they partially fund it with lottery proceeds (don't get me started on that load of crap!) and until recently "Robin Hood" property taxation. That, I believe, is over though.

Now welfare...

...I think that should be cut WAY back. No more living indefinitely on the backs of others' hard work....

Anyway, the point is that states can and do find alternate sources of income, and robbing the working man need not be one of those sources.

Originally posted by frenchblueC2:

btw $4,300/yr in real estate tax doesn't sound bad to me.
That's what I's payin'.

lol i was gonna say MA is even worse..

Originally posted by Tourige:
Move to Calgary, its the best city in the country in the most prosperous province in the country. We make more money than anyone else and we dont have PST. GO ALBERTA!!!

Are you @*#&@* kidding me!!!

the cost of living over there is beyond super high.

as for the moron telling me to grow up, get a life. I didn't know it was such a problem living with your parents at 23.. for less then a year!

I'm going down there to stay and look for a new house jackass!

as for my taxes, I live in a small town called simcoe.. bum f@^#@ idaho... theres nothing here, gas prices are outragous, drinkin taxes (a 40 of liqour costs like 50 bucks) everything is just over priced.. I'm sick of it, I lived with my dad for 3 years before and I enjoyed it down there.

so I'm going back nuff said.

as for me buying the house and not affording taxes, well I can.. I just get sick of living pay cheque by pay cheque with a house, I work at toyota to (which is considered a great job) but with a single income, I just can't do it anymore... I want to spend my money travelling etc.