Greece

What did I say about Greece? No one pays taxes there and now they have been bailed out yet again to the tune of billions. Saw a clip of a woman protesting in the streets of Athens who said....."The government has to keep giving us money so we can live and buy things and keep the economy going." I kid you not. What she forgets is that she is the "government". She and her fellow citizens have to give "themselves" money, not the other way around. A very few reporters talked about the culture of tax evasion, but the rest just covered outraged Greeks who don't want their standard of living cut in any way, shape or form.

Talked to a restauranteur last evening who hails from Lebanon. "People in my country are exactly the same. No one pays taxes," he declared. "Whenever I arrive home here in Canada and see the 'Welcome to Canada' banner in the airport, I almost fall to my knees with gratitude to live here." But he then went on to complain that the politicians waste a lot of tax money. "Sometimes I resent paying taxes," he added. Yes, politicians do pour money down the drain. But we still have to pay them to cover the inevitable waste vote garnering creates; the rest is left over to run the country. You can't stop paying taxes because politicians waste some of it. That's the price of doing business in a well-run country like Canada. Taxes go to waste, infrastructure and the greater good of the community.

Another tax clinic delivered.