Cover photo of the book The Great Revenue Robbery shows stone frieze on exterior of old Toronto Stock Exchange
Photo Credit: Jennifer Tiberio/Between the Lines

Canada’s Great Revenue Robbery?

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The subtitle of the new book The Great Revenue Robbery is How to Stop the Tax Cuts Scam and Save Canada. It examines the belief held by some that governments waste money and cutting government and taxes will solve a country’s economic woes.

For the ten authors included in this survey of tax and economic issues, the answer is no.

The Great Revenue Robbery edited by Richard Swift

The Great Revenue Robbery edited by Richard Swift

They suggest there’s a cost in these kinds of measures and it’s borne by people who can’t afford it, citizens with middle and lower incomes, and those who depend on government services. That those who are much less scrutinized are those with capital gains, corporate profits, and those with large incomes.

“…at some point government, no matter what its political stripe, has to look seriously at the revenue side…” – Richard Swift

The book deals with such issues as tax fairness, tax havens, tax cuts, and the anti-tax movement. It also suggests some solutions. And it looks at how the Canadian media deals with these issues.

RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke to Richard Swift who edited The Great Revenue Robbery.

 

More information:
Between the Lines publisher info on The Great Revenue Robbery – here
Canadians for Tax Fairness web site – www.taxfairness.ca

The cover photo by Jennifer Tiberio shows a part of a stone frieze on the exterior of the old Toronto Stock Exchange. According to the publishers: “The frieze was designed by Charles Comfort in 1937 and depicts Canadian workers and industries in a Streamline Moderne style. It became a joke on Bay Street that one top-hatted stockbroker appears to have his hand in the pocket of the worker in front of him, though Comfort denied that this was intentional.”

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