Third-Rate Services at First-World Prices
“The current tax code is a daily mugging.” — Ronald Reagan
“It’s not a social contract. It’s a subscription to your own decline.” — Bryan Moir
You’re Not a Citizen. You’re Livestock with a SIN Number.
The Fraser Institute just dropped their annual truth bomb:
The average Canadian family now spends 42.5% of their income on taxes.
That’s more than food, clothing, and housing combined (35.7%).
Let that sink in.
This isn’t 1942. We’re not funding the fight against Hitler.
There’s no war bond, no existential crisis, no storming of beaches.
So what are we paying for?
Taxes Were a Wartime Necessity.
Now They're Just Economic Coercion.
Originally, taxes were framed as a temporary sacrifice. A civic duty in the face of war. Canadians signed up, paid up, and showed up because the cause was real.
Then the narrative changed:
**"Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society."
Nice slogan. But look around.
Do you feel like you’re getting first-world service from a government that runs like a Soviet-era telecom company with a diversity officer?
Your taxes fund consultants, committees, and carbon audits — not results.
We’re not paying for civilization anymore.
We’re paying to be managed.
Governed like cattle. Tracked, taxed, surveilled, and guilt-tripped if we dare complain.
Exhibit A: The Housing Swindle
The 2024 federal budget committed $8.5 billion to housing.
How much made it to “shovels in the ground”?
$1.8 billion.
The rest — $6.7 billion — was vaporized in administration, NGO slush, consultancy contracts, and bureaucratic tail-chasing.
That’s not a rounding error. That’s the business model.
We’re not building homes. We’re building departments. Ministries. Diversity offices. Equity audits. And of course, “resilience funds.”
Exhibit B: ArriveCAN — The $60-Million Line Skipper
Remember ArriveCAN?
A COVID-era app, allegedly created to streamline border screening.
Cost to build an app that should’ve taken 3 developers and 6 weeks?
$59.5 million.
Contracted to a rotating door of shell companies.
One contractor was paid $9 million and couldn’t even explain what they did.
Another invoiced the government for people who didn’t even work there.
Where’s the accountability?
Where’s the prosecution?
Right — in committee.
Exhibit C: CERB Fraud — A “Don’t Ask, Don’t Audit” Disaster
Ottawa admitted this year that over $30 billion in COVID aid was paid out improperly or fraudulently. Not recovered. Not pursued.
In fact, the Canada Revenue Agency quietly wrote off collecting on hundreds of thousands of ineligible claims.
If you're a small business behind on HST, they’ll garnish your bank account by Tuesday.
But if you scammed CERB from your buddy’s basement?
Enjoy the spoils. We’re too busy funding DEI workshops.
Exhibit D: Military? What Military?
Let’s talk about what isn’t getting funded.
Canada’s military is now so hollowed out that soldiers are being housed in homeless shelters.
We don’t have enough recruits to staff basic operations.
We can’t meet NATO’s 2% GDP defense spending target.
We send old gear to Ukraine and don’t replace it — because we can’t.
But don’t worry — we did appoint a Chief of Defence Diversity.
So at least we’ll be inclusive when we surrender.
The Quiet Conversion: From Citizens to Commodities
We used to be citizens in a representative democracy.
Now we’re just line items in a national spreadsheet.
We pay top dollar — and what do we actually get?
Your taxes feed a $453-billion federal budget.
And in return, you get:
A Housing Ministry that can’t build houses
A Defense Department that can’t defend
An Immigration Ministry that treats newcomers like a quota and citizens like an afterthought
A government that funnels billions through friends, shell companies, and DEI consultants — but still can't deliver a passport on time
This isn’t “civilization.”
It’s a management system — where the product is you.
And every time someone asks where the money went, the answer is the same:
“We're investing in the future.”
No, you're not.
You're looting the present to secure your pensions.
Final Thought: The Lie Is Breaking
The truth is Canadians don’t mind paying taxes — if they get value.
But they’re not getting value.
They’re getting:
Crumbling services
Endless delays
Political gaslighting
And a national budget that reads like a criminal indictment
So here we are.
Stuck on the Great Canadian Free-Range Tax Farm.
Milked dry.
Billed monthly.
Told to shut up and be grateful.
Because if you complain?
You must hate civilization.
Want out?
Start asking where every dollar goes.
Start demanding value, not virtue.
Start voting like your life depends on it — because it does.