Why Feminists Never Mention the “Tax Gap”

6 Replies to “Why Feminists Never Mention the “Tax Gap””

1. Geeze … that’s not just a “glass ceiling”, it’s a bloody concrete barrier !
   I suppose … all the single mothers … will say that if they ONLY earned as much as men … then THEY would be paying more taxes. Good luck with that … with your Gender Studies degree … or NO degree … or NO HS diploma … (even though there are MORE female college graduates, than male graduates)

2. Nor have women belly-ached about being excluded from the draft/conscription. One would think that they would demand that legislation be enacted to recognize and enforce their obligation, as military aged citizens, to serve the country if needed. To those who would counter that we are never again going to use a draft/conscription – I would answer that the risk then is very small and the act would be largely symbolic – like so many of the apologies offered these days for this slight or that ancient injustice. Perhaps women should offer the men of our country an earnest apology for failing to meet their past obligations and for allowing men to carry the burden of war for centuries previous. Shall we all hold our breath?

3. Recently on CBC the gender equality what gender are you question was front and centre. Was it fair to question aa athletes gender. Well , let’s make it fair and equal . If your fast enough , strong enough or good enough you compete . One category , man or woman or confused . Every one is equal. How’s that work for you. I suspect some people won’t be happy with that .

4. That is a very interesting statistic. I wonder what it would take to do one like that for Canada?

5. I have four sisters, the youngest in her late forties. In their combined careers they have worked a total of less than five years in private sector jobs. They all get a better living than I have ever had and will retire with pensions for which future tax payers are liable.
   I am in my early fifties. I have worked less than ten years in public sector jobs (mostly army service) and will not take another government job. I am in a job now that involves seasonal lay-offs during which I choose to not collect E.I., preferring to work a part-time business, sign on with a temp agency, garden, hunt, fish, and repair and make my own things.
   I have one brother, early forties, he has only ever worked in the private sector. His estranged wife lives in a house rented at his expense, collecting support for herself and the children who are with her half the time. When they are with him he pays for a nanny so he can be at work earning the money to pay for two homes and all the other expenses because his wife doesn’t want to be married anymore, and the government is never going to make her earn a living while it is so much easier to make an estranged/ex-husband earn her living for her and pay for the civil service that will see that he does it.

6. I remember one of the outstanding things I learned when I got engaged and married all those years ago was how many times my (now ex)fiancee/wife (and her mother) visited the doctor. Thinking back, my own mother wasn’t any different.
   None of the 3 made good money (or any) at the time. None actually set world on fire with private sector income afterwards either.
   Of course, 30 odd years later I’m paying the ex $2K a month in spousal support (because we were married for over 20 years she made crap money despite having the same education – more actually, than me)and she complains about all the taxes ‘she’ has to pay. From money that I earn!