NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 17 days agoCanada should follow U.K.'s initiative to lower voting age to 16, says senatorwww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down17
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minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 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-squareMaple Engineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·16 days agoMy main point: No vote, no tax.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 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 Engineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 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.