Occupy What -- They are After the Wrong Guys

I spent the better part of yesterday trying to get into the Christmas spirit by setting up a few spot lights outside, helping my honey setup the Christmas tree and then sitting down for a quiet scotch. I must tell you that I was happy to have all the things around me that I have and I was particularly grateful for everything I had worked hard for.

It was then that I got to thinking about those people who have been occupying a lot of public spaces hoping to get somebody to change their mind about something.

First of all, what was their purpose and what where they trying to accomplish. At first I thought it was all about taxing the rich. Taxing the rich was not a bad idea but who the hell is rich. How about this one. How about taxing nobody. I mean taxes are really what we should be talking about.

Take the middle class. You earn $49,000 and you pay 49% tax that means that you pay all most 1/2 of what you make in taxes. Gas taxes include provincial taxes and GST on provincial taxes, so again double dipping.

In most municipalities now you can't escape home ownership without paying taxes and school taxes. The average tax in a major urban city is $3000 per year or $250 per month. Add that to the $2500 you have left that you did not give to the feds and then take off 13% of every dollar you spend for GST and provincial tax and you have now given another $325 to the tax man.

That means your $49,000 dollar salary is now worth $25,000 less $3500 for municipal taxes, $700 for school taxes and $3900 for GST and provincial taxes.

That now leaves you with $18,500 for the year or $1541 per month. Out of that I need to pay rent or a mortgage say of around $900, my car insurance of $150, my home insurance of $50 and now I have over priced hydro ( another government tax grab) at $150 per month and I am up to $1250 per month in costs so I have $289 left for food and entertainment.

So I think based on this scenario its probably a whole lot easier to go live in tent somewhere and collect welfare. At least I would get free dental, doctors, eat at the mission and have unions donate power, shitters and electricity and I could be a television star to boot.

Its not that I have anything against people that don't work and protest all the time but I think they are protesting against the wrong guy. Its governments man, check it out -- tax the governments and give it to the middle class, they are the guys that really need it. Yes - so what do I do. I sit back and wonder, maybe I should be occupying something and protesting the taxes I pay.

I turn on the television and what a bunch of people living for nothing, contributing nothing and see my tax dollars supporting nothing, what does that say. Anyway - there is not much I can do unless I can get a bunch of others to join me or get those guys protesting to do it for me.