主题：加拿大离破产还有多远？ -- 易嘉

先上一份数据：（引自 Fraser Institute）

Canada’s personal income tax

1917 （第一年开始实行）

Number of pages in the Income Tax Act: 6

Number of words in the Income Tax Act: 3,999

% of federal revenues: 2.6%

% of Canadians who file income taxes: 2%

Federal tax rate: 4%

Tax collected per person in Canada (2016 dollars): $14

2016/17

Number of pages in the Income Tax Act: 1,412

Number of words in the Income Tax Act: 1,000,000+

% of federal revenues: 51%

% of Canadians who file income taxes: 75%

Federal tax rate: 33% (top rate)

Tax collected per person in Canada (2016 dollars): $4,120

2016 PROVINCIAL TAX RATE

BC – 14.7%

AB – 15%

SK – 15%

NL – 16.8%

MA – 17.4%

PEI – 18.37%

NB – 20.3%

ON – 20.53%

NS – 21%

QC – 25.75%

2016 COMBINED TAX RATE

BC – 47.7%

AB – 48%

SK – 48%

NL – 49.8%

MA – 50.4%

PEI – 51.37%

NB – 53.3 %

QC – 53.31%

ON – 53.53%

NS – 54%

个人一半的收入交税。安大略省16年负债3150亿，每年都在增长。纽芬兰省要收书本税，没错，15%。安省房价飞涨了两年，政府马上强调资产获利税，各种调节地税、土地转让税等等。与民争利何其急也。

那老百姓收入增长如何呢？引用数据如下：

real disposable income grew by 2.4 percent per year over 2008-2014 while real national income and real GDP progressed by only 1.4 percent and 1.6 percent respectively.

CPI 2015 是1.13%左右。 但是大家都觉得物价涨了不少。和其他发达国家相比也不理想。如果和中国比一比，就明白为什么国人来加拿大买房置业了。

加拿大整体负责如下：（旧数据）

Combined federal and provincial net debt has increased from $834 billion in 2007/08 to a projected $1.3 trillion in 2015/16. This combined debt equals 64.8% of the GDP or $35,827 for every man, woman, and child living in Canada.

大家可能要问，收了那么多税，怎么还欠这么多钱？有人要说：免费医疗，免费教育，免费公路等等。但是那些真是免费吗？首先是一半的收入交税；其次医疗等待时间长；第三小学（1-6）一个班主任老师教英语、数学和历史科学，不禁要问：质量如何保证？以后年青人的竞争力何在？

这个系统正在往失控的方向快速前进。用一个成语来概括：作茧自缚；再用一句成语：成也萧何，败也萧何。