@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 days agoCanada should follow U.K.'s initiative to lower voting age to 16, says senatorwww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up195
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 days agoCanada’s OAS and CPP are not a pyramid scheme, they’re based on what you actually put in and guaranteed. They don’t have the solvency issues that US Social Security has.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 days agoI would be fine with not charging workers under 18 tax. When I was that age saving for university wasn’t easy and staying life off with a bunch of debt and no guaranteed job isn’t fun.
minus-squareMaple Engineerlinkfedilink2•2 days agoBut they DO pay tax so they should have a voice since they are being taxed without representation.
Canada’s OAS and CPP are not a pyramid scheme, they’re based on what you actually put in and guaranteed.
They don’t have the solvency issues that US Social Security has.
My main point:
No vote, no tax.
I would be fine with not charging workers under 18 tax.
When I was that age saving for university wasn’t easy and staying life off with a bunch of debt and no guaranteed job isn’t fun.
But they DO pay tax so they should have a voice since they are being taxed without representation.