Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Tax System Broken 9/25/23


Tuning in to the September 25, 2023 St. Catharines City Council meeting to get first hand information on our broken tax system we first had to endure a (22) minute time killing monologue from Mayor Siscoe, most of which the world could easily live without.

Following the usual pontificating of dubious pandering for more taxpayer funding the council finally turned its attention to the broken tax system very late in the evening when viewers had ceased paying attention or have given up altogether.

How do we know that the Tax System is broken?

We know because the councilors said so!

Mayor Siscoe claimed that he has been saying the Tax System is broken ever since he headed up the Tax Committee. A Tax Increase of 10.5% tells us exactly what he and his comrades did to fix our broken Tax System.

Astounding! Listening to Council sounded like a child explaining that the smashed item shattered on the floor as "It Fell"!

What the clever councilors failed to address is how the Tax System became broken, when the Tax System became broken and who broke our Tax System? 

It Gets Worse!

During the non-productive debate on what can be done with our 'broken tax system' we had some councilors stating emphatically that nothing can be done including Councilor Ratzlaff actually calling the motion for starting tax debates from Zero increase as moved by Kushner and Garcia 'cowardly'. 

To call anyone professing their desire to come to terms with our broken tax system 'cowardly' clearly illustrates their dearth of historical knowledge such as the brilliant work of Adam Smith titled 'The Wealth of Nations' or even the gist of Oswald Spengler's massive work 'Decline of the West'. 

Perhaps they could take a few minutes to google Sir Winston Churchill's take on 'Trying to create prosperity by raising taxes'. Ayn Rand's book titled 'Atlas Shrugged' is a valuable source regarding the cost of bloated governance.

But fear not friends, our clever councilors have the opportunity to address the (eight hundred pound gorilla) in the room at their special meeting to be held October 18, 2023. 

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