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{
"time": "2008-04-07 16:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Prof. Luc Godbout",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1030412\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The middle-class if often affected, but it is not just the federal government's fault, nor is it just the provinces' fault. It is a combined effect, that starts from a good cause: setting up programs that are not universal in order to make low-income earners a priority. When they begin to earn more, it is as if we were knocking their feet out from under them. When both governments collect their share at the same time, there is not much left over.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1030413\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Earlier, your colleague to the right asked me a question about how we could fix that. I will try to clarify my answer. If the two levels of government were to ensure that the implicit tax rates never exceeded the marginal rate paid by a high-income taxpayer, that problem would be solved. Personally, I conducted a more detailed study on the topic. Guidelines could be set, for example, to limit the maximum federal-provincial rate at 50%. For each additional dollar earned, governments should commit to never taking more than 50\u00a2. However, implementing a measure like that is quite costly. Nevertheless, the issue will have to be dealt with sooner or later. It is not normal to\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1030412\" data-originallang=\"fr\">\u00c7a touche souvent la classe moyenne et ce n'est pas uniquement la faute du f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, ce n'est pas non plus uniquement la faute des provinces. C'est une faute combin\u00e9e, qui part d'une bonne cause, soit l'id\u00e9e de mettre sur pied des programmes qui ne sont pas universels afin d'aider prioritairement les gens \u00e0 faible revenu. Lorsque ceux-ci s'enrichissent, c'est comme si on leur tapait sur la t\u00eate. Lorsque les deux gouvernements prennent leur part en m\u00eame temps, il n'en reste pas beaucoup.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1030413\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Plus t\u00f4t, votre coll\u00e8gue de droite me posait la question \u00e0 savoir comment on pourrait corriger cela. Je vais essayer de pr\u00e9ciser ma r\u00e9ponse. Si les deux gouvernements faisaient en sorte que ces taux implicites d'imposition n'exc\u00e8dent jamais le taux marginal qu'un contribuable \u00e0 revenu \u00e9lev\u00e9 paie, le probl\u00e8me serait r\u00e9solu. Personnellement, j'ai fait une \u00e9tude plus en d\u00e9tail \u00e0 ce sujet. On pourrait se fixer une ligne de conduite, par exemple un taux maximum f\u00e9d\u00e9ral-provincial de 50 p. 100. Pour chaque dollar additionnel gagn\u00e9, les gouvernements devraient s'engager \u00e0 ne jamais enlever plus de 50 \u00a2. Par contre, la mise en place d'une telle mesure co\u00fbte relativement cher. Toutefois, il faudra s'y attaquer t\u00f4t ou tard. Ce n'est pas normal qu'on...</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/39-2/33/prof-luc-godbout-21/",
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"source_id": "2400838",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/39-2/33/",
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