Re: Politics and the myth of Canada’s middle class, Jan. 28.
For years I have followed this topic, and the question always comes to mind: has anyone ever asked a family of three or four or a single retired person or a single hardworking person at the lower end of the income bracket what they think?
I cannot speak on the higher end of the scale, which according to your article is $120,000. And true, many tax breaks will help the lower end of the family income bracket, but what about a single person. They are not classed as a family, and not poor but are at the lower-income bracket, which I believe is $40,000. We have no classification, we are not “a family.” We pay the same rent for a one-bedroom as a couple, the phone, cable etc., but probably save in food costs.
With all the taxes put upon all by the provinces and municipalities it really does not leave much wiggle room. Maybe a decent individual tax break as a whole for unclassified single people for once might really work. And the perks that are in place now probably help some. But, like always, single income people are nowhere in there.
Kay Matthews, Ottawa
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