tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post2915948099198110846..comments2023-11-02T09:08:09.242-07:00Comments on <i>Daddy Dialectic</i>: It's April 15: Do You Know Where Your Income Tax Dollars Are Going?Jeremy Adam Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11733669114207985920noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-18692576844746658412008-04-16T06:18:00.000-07:002008-04-16T06:18:00.000-07:00to add some context to canada:"Canada offers Emplo...to add some context to canada:<BR/><BR/>"Canada offers Employment Insurance for both maternity and paternity leave, allowing a couple to take up to 50 weeks leave, which can be divided between mother and father, at 55 percent of pay, up to a maximum of $435 per week."<BR/><BR/>this requires you to be eligible for employment insurance: (http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/workplaceskills/foreign_workers/ei_tfw/ceie_tfw.shtml)<BR/><BR/>"To be eligible, workers must show that they:<BR/><BR/> * have worked in a job that has paid EI premiums; and<BR/> * have worked for 600 insurable hours in the last 52 weeks or since their last claim, whichever is less."<BR/><BR/>this does prevent part-time workers, seasonal workers (in some sectors) and students from taking part in the employment insurance-based parental leave.<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>"In addition, Canada's Universal Child Care Benefit pays families $100 per month for each child under age six."<BR/><BR/>this is a relatively new (2 years) program and is a `replacement' for the cancelled national childcare policy under the guise that parents could spent this money, which is taxable as income, on whatever they wanted instead of the federal goverment investing it in childcare spaces.<BR/><BR/>the older and potentially higher-paying canada child tax benefit (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4114/t4114-e.html) is also available. this can pay more than $100 per month depending on the income of the parent(s).<BR/><BR/>in typical canadian fashion: better than some, worse than others.<BR/><BR/>jason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-18117871700376733032008-04-15T16:56:00.000-07:002008-04-15T16:56:00.000-07:00Of $1 for science, space, etc., only about $0.01 a...Of $1 for science, space, etc., only about $0.01 actually goes to NASA. <BR/><BR/><BR/>And they expect to be back on the moon in our lifetime.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750781893685344095noreply@blogger.com