Re: DO CIVIL SERVANTS PAY TAXES?

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From: Melvin Klassen
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00

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In article <4aifo0$j8@sam.inforamp.net> jim@crystalcntrl.com writes:
>Well folks after one day I seem to have touched a sore spot by
>mentioning civil servants and work in the same post. 
>The problem I see with the replies is that they are off topic. 

As off-topic as your original question?  :-)

>I was interested in whether the civil servants of this once great country 

Yes, it was a great country, before the white man invaded,
and the Vikings renamed the country as "Vinland".  :-)

>paid there [sic] fair share of taxes. 

When the C-S purchases a private-sector-manufactured good,
does the C-S not contribute to the economy, and to the continued employment
of the private-sector worker, by creating a market for their goods?
Answer: yes.

Does the C-S avoid paying the GST and the PST?
Answer: no.

>My belief is that they pay no taxes. 
>The money is just shuffled between accounts.
>If you like I will ask the question of whether or not civil servants
>earn their paychecks [sic]. 
>I may even compare civile [sic] services wages to workfare, who knows?

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From: klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen)
Subject: Re: DO CIVIL SERVANTS PAY TAXES?
Date: 1995/12/14
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