“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place”

Re:“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place” by surfmike on Sunday March 08, 2020 @02:07PM (#22519505)

When living and working in Canada I was surprised that taxes were pretty much the same as what I’d pay in California.

OECD data seems to back that up. https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffingtonpost.ca/amp/2018/05...

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Re:“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place” by refurb on Sunday March 08, 2020 @02:25PM (#22519611)

Income taxes yes, but there are taxes like the HST, gasoline taxes, alcohol taxes that bump up the tax rate significantly.

Taxes as a percentage of GDP Canada - 33% USA - 24%

[1]https://www.oecd.org/tax/revenue-statistics-canada.pdf

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Re:“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place” by jfk13 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @02:50PM (#22519766)

If that USA figure is just tax, and doesn't include what people have to pay for health insurance, it's not really comparable, is it?

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Re:“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place” by surfmike on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:34PM (#22522136)

Unfortunately many of the best jobs are in CA and other high tax states (additional income tax, sales tax, etc.) where it starts becoming much closer.

Also unclear if that link takes into account family transfers like the original link.

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Re:“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place” by andreilys on Sunday March 08, 2020 @02:10PM (#22519525)

Yet the cost of living is just as high in certain areas (Toronto and Vancouver) and the pay is abysmal.

The offers I would get in Toronto and Vancouver would often be 25-30% of the ones I’d get in NYC and SF.

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Re:“I did spend 9 years as a manager at a pizza place” by foogazi on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:58PM (#22521256)

You don’t have to live in Toronto or Vancouver and you’d still get health coverage

If you chose to live in either of those cities that would be on you

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