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Yes, if you're sick of divisive in your face politics, and understand that that a social contract (higher taxes and broad access to healthcare) are important to
by apercu 10y ago
Yes, if you're sick of divisive in your face politics, and understand that that a social contract (higher taxes and broad access to healthcare) are important to society, please come to Canada.
I am a US expat, and have been in Canada for about 12 years. While no place is perfect I feel like it was a good move.
If you do decide to come, and end up in Southern Ontario, drop me a note!
:)
- mahyarm 10y agoIncome taxes are about even with California in Ontario & BC, except you're not paying $500/employee/month for a healthcare plan, so in the end you might call it cheaper as far as tax load goes. The costs of everything although is higher. You also do not have a mortgage interest deduction and sales tax is higher and unescapable. You cant do the 'order something from another state and not pay use taxes' thing that you can in the USA. The IRA / Roth IRA equivalents (RRSP / TFSA) can be arguably called better. You don't have early withdrawal penalties as far as I can recall. Property tax tends to be lower in BC, and so are mortgage rates. The cost to purchase a house in Toronto/Vancouver is significantly higher than most of the USA although and has horrible affordability ratios. Pay is about half compared to the USA.