I still have found no real reason to go there. Thanks but no thanks. I do love them as people though. I hear real liberals go there all the time just to get the fuzzes.
Wesley
I still have found no real reason to go there. Thanks but no thanks. I do love them as people though. I hear real liberals go there all the time just to get the fuzzes.
Wesley
All the Best!
Wes
Taxes do not go to your server. They go to the government, and in the case of the USA, the government does nothing for working people. If we do not buy insurance for $300 - $500 a month, if we get sick, we just have to suffer until we die. In many cases, even if we do pay the extortionate insurance premiums, we still won't be treated for life-threatening illnesses.Originally Posted by kquill
None of that has anything to do with tipping for service in restaurants, though. In this country, if you don't do it, it is pretty much considered theft of services.
If you have a "gratuity" added to your bill, however, that is supposed to go right to the server, 100% of it. If it does not, then it is the owner of the establishment who is the thief.
Dear Wes,Originally Posted by Wesley
In my view, it is one of the most well kept, pristine places on Earth.
I intend to get to New Zealand as well hopefully.
I've never been to the US.
Dear Spike,
I understand the taxes, that is the same as VAT etc, it is government money. My point was, it was confusing between areas of Canada and called by different names in different regions, such as Quebec and Toronto.
The point I made, as yet unanswered, why don't they put on a service charge or gratuity tax as you mentioned, to the bill in the US??
They do in many places. This would remove the need and ambiguity for errors,mistakes, theft of services.
Not everyone,especially first time visitors, is going to understand the downtrodden workers in the US or the systems.
Sometimes they do put it on. You need to look at your bill and ask if you have questions.Originally Posted by kquill
Hint: If it is relatively fine dining, and in or near a big city or if it is on either coast, there is probably no gratuity included (unless it is a tourist trap).
In Canada you will come across 2 different taxes added to virtually everything you buy.
The first is GST - Goods and Service Tax which is a Federal tax. Currently at 6%
The second is PST - Provincial Sales Tax which is provincially administered and varies from province to province, some as high as 8 or 9% to Alberta which does not have PST. Interestingly enough the PST is calculated on the price + GST so you actually end up paying tax on tax.
For Europeans it is very similar to VAT except that it is not included in the list price of any item and always added after the fact. The reasoning being that you are constantly reminded how much of your money goes to pay for government services. Compared to the USA, Canadians pay considerably more tax but on average less than most Europeans.
The Fraser Institute publishes an annual Tax Freedom Day which calculates when the average Canadian starts working for themselves and not the government. This year it was June 28 which means until that date every singles penny earned went to one level of government or another in some form of taxation.
Wow! That's considered "liberal" in Oz?Originally Posted by wx40afp
In the USA now, if you take the position that Bush and all of his staff should be hanged, that is considered moderate.
I think. Of course I didn't take a scientific poll on this. I am just going by what I and my friends and co-workers and family think.
No it was in US dollars (he was a senior Harvard Prof.) and it was when the US$ was worth something too! (2000-2001). Funny thing was though he preferred doing interior design, and he was good at it too! He had a very nice home and he had done the interiors entirely himself, including putting the kitchen and bathrooms in. A very talented man, (gifted in many respects) and like so many of us, a complete fuck up as well.Originally Posted by kquill
PS, I think you will like the US, Kevin. It's nothing like the movies, or what Ceddie makes it out to be. They even speak a from of English, so how bad can it be?? :cheers:
JESUS LOVES YOU, yes, even you nancies
I don't think you'll have any problems there, William. As far as I can see, John Howard's dog's tucker this election, sounds like he's even going to lose his own seat! Anyway how much do you normally tip in restrauants in Thailand Bill?Originally Posted by wx40afp
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Originally Posted by wx40afp
Billy,
Don't you fancy being Mrs.wx40afp then???