Comments on: Should politicians by required to declare bribes as income and pay taxes on them? http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/ If you have or know of EGO stay here Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Elijah Downing http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Elijah Downing Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:22:08 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/#comment-235 Believe it or not, MOST politicians do not get bribed in this country. Yes, some have taken money for the wrong reasons, but in most cases in Canada, that sort of thing is done via 'donations' Therefore, the pol isn't really receiving a bribe for services rendered, they are receiving money they spend on their elections. Nothing really ends up in their pockets. It's still wrong, it still corrupts the political process, but nobody is getting rich off it. What monetary gains they DO get tend to be in the form of jobs after politics, and for those, they do get taxed. I know of very few waitresses who do not get tips. If they declare the proper amounts (i.e. all their tips), they will not be 'assessed'. Any assessment is based on where and when they work, and determined by CRA investigators doing customer counts. A waitress in a small diner selling $5.00 meals will not be assessed the same as one working in a high priced restaurant with $100 meals. Believe it or not, MOST politicians do not get bribed in this country. Yes, some have taken money for the wrong reasons, but in most cases in Canada, that sort of thing is done via ‘donations’ Therefore, the pol isn’t really receiving a bribe for services rendered, they are receiving money they spend on their elections. Nothing really ends up in their pockets. It’s still wrong, it still corrupts the political process, but nobody is getting rich off it.

What monetary gains they DO get tend to be in the form of jobs after politics, and for those, they do get taxed.

I know of very few waitresses who do not get tips. If they declare the proper amounts (i.e. all their tips), they will not be ‘assessed’. Any assessment is based on where and when they work, and determined by CRA investigators doing customer counts. A waitress in a small diner selling $5.00 meals will not be assessed the same as one working in a high priced restaurant with $100 meals.

]]> By: RoseF http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-234 RoseF Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:42:41 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/#comment-234 Ya ya ya that sounds fair very fair to me. Ya ya ya that sounds fair very fair to me.

]]> By: Audrey Fryer http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Audrey Fryer Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:21:41 +0000 http://www.e-g-o.co.uk/should-politicians-by-required-to-declare-bribes-as-income-and-pay-taxes-on-them/#comment-233 Waitresses do get tips, if they did not they would not be working as waitresses; as to bribes those are illegal and would hardly be reported as income and taxed. Waitresses do get tips, if they did not they would not be working as waitresses; as to bribes those are illegal and would hardly be reported as income and taxed.

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