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   RM> person in the country for health care and you can make   
   RM> about $22,000 a year before you pay a penny in income tax,   
   RM> helping out those low income people some.   
      
   AA>I think the threshold is lower. Even people living solely on   
     >gov't pension (approx $1400/mo) are still calculated to owe   
     >taxes.   
      
   I may have misspoke because the people I used to figure that out are on   
   pensions and I guess part of that is not counted as income so the number   
   looked higher to me..  I appologize for that.   
      
   AA>A segment of the population will remain struggling.   
      
   Definitely.. No question a lot of people are suffering through no fault of   
   their own and that sucks..   
      
   Also, as far as the trucker protest goes, I think it's hard for the gov't to   
   support that too strongly because so many people who are against gov't policy   
   are heavily behind it. I can't believe they haven't come up with a better way   
   to deal with cross border trucks, either let them go through if they can stay   
   in their vehicles for the most part or have a depot where loads are dropped at   
   the border and picked up by a driver from that country to complete the   
   delivery. This could be done in both directions.   
      
   Something that was mentioned, but was quickly shut down because it doesn't make   
   for exciting news, is that 90% of the truckers are vaccinated, they are mostly   
   not against vaccines, and a large number of them participated not strictly   
   against Covid restrictions, but against 'bad conditions' - many pointing out   
   the new Carbon taxes cutting into their already reduced incomes at the worst   
   possible time and fuel prices the highest in history.   
      
   Arguably there have been unpopular good decisions made during this crisis and   
   a lot of bad decisions too. It is, for now, to be endured and I believe this   
   will come to an end one way or another, before too long. By that I mean it   
   won't go on forever as some are suggesting. People adapt to things both   
   mentally and physically.   
      
   Plus viruses tend to mutate to a less harmful state because it does them no   
   good to kill off the 'host'. Omicron is the first step there, not quite as   
   dangerous but easier to catch, great for the virus. However it will act like   
   a booster shot for everyone, not just those who've been vaccinated, and may   
   eventually get the percentage of people with strong immunity coverage so high   
   that it stops spreading altogther.   
      
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    * SLMR Rob  * My 2 cents for what it's worth..   (2 cents?)   
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