Why you should not immigrate to Canada • Hacker News Board

Re: Why you should not immigrate to Canada

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Post by wrp » Sat, Jul 08, 2023, 9:20 AM UTC

tromp wrote: post #6

throw4206969 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Healthcare is a simultaneously a scam and a nationalist inferiority complex coping mechanism. Taxes are high and getting higher, and a couple duopolies have captured the entire economy. I am glad I got out when I did. You are crazy to leave USA for Canada.

> Taxes are high and getting higher What if you're retired and have no taxable income, only financial gains from some investment portfolio?

Are you assuming no pension payments, just living off your capital? I doubt there is such a thing as non-taxable income. Also remember income tax isn't the only kind. How about property, VAT, automobile, etc.?

Re: Why you should not immigrate to Canada

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Post by bovermyer » Sat, Jul 08, 2023, 12:09 PM UTC

throw4206969 wrote: post #3

bovermyer wrote: post #2

I have been working on immigrating to Canada from the USA for about a year now. In that time, I have read much and more on the state of things in Canada, both for immigrants and generally. Blogs and the internet, yes, but also print books. I've also traveled to Canada to see things in person. It's definitely a high cost-of-living country. Wages are much lower for my profession (devops) than in the USA. The author of…

Healthcare is a simultaneously a scam and a nationalist inferiority complex coping mechanism. Taxes are high and getting higher, and a couple duopolies have captured the entire economy. I am glad I got out when I did. You are crazy to leave USA for Canada.

You have no idea what my motivations and situation are. Just like I am in no position to judge whether you are best served by leaving Canada, you are no in position to judge whether I am best served by _entering_ it.

Re: Why you should not immigrate to Canada

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Post by bleuchase » Sat, Jul 08, 2023, 3:24 PM UTC

bovermyer wrote: post #12

throw4206969 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Healthcare is a simultaneously a scam and a nationalist inferiority complex coping mechanism. Taxes are high and getting higher, and a couple duopolies have captured the entire economy. I am glad I got out when I did. You are crazy to leave USA for Canada.

You have no idea what my motivations and situation are. Just like I am in no position to judge whether you are best served by leaving Canada, you are no in position to judge whether I am best served by _entering_ it.

Neither of you know anything about one another.

Perhaps it’d be more useful to ask questions to make sure you have the best information to make a decision with.

Re: Why you should not immigrate to Canada

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Post by tromp » Thu, Jul 13, 2023, 7:49 AM UTC

wrp wrote: post #11

tromp wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Taxes are high and getting higher What if you're retired and have no taxable income, only financial gains from some investment portfolio?

Are you assuming no pension payments, just living off your capital? I doubt there is such a thing as non-taxable income. Also remember income tax isn't the only kind. How about property, VAT, automobile, etc.?

Yes, assuming no pension payments, i.e. someone who has yet to reach retirement age.

> Also remember income tax isn't the only kind. How about property, VAT, automobile, etc.?

My question is about the yearly national/federal+state taxes. Ignore consumer taxes.