According to "The Powers That Be", I'm lead to believe, that here in Canada, after all the taxes, food and lodging for the family, I'm left with about 20% of my income for other uses. I choose not to say disposable income, because I usually have something to show for it and try not to piss too much of it up against the tree! (I call it collateral, my wife calls it $600 bucks for skates to keep my feet happy!) For the sake of argument, that leaves me(family)with about $200 a week for whatever. Or in other terms, of the 5 days per week we work, we get to use one of those days for "stuff", the rest we have to "give" to somebody! So that allows me one day to screw up and one day to recover, then back to work. I have no issues that! I don't mind getting nickled and dimed in taxes as opposed to getting slapped with something I can't afford like the frequent trips to the boo boo ward because one of my kids decides not to wear a face shield in a hockey game! Without health care no new skates, no 4X4, no motorcycle and no golf. No longer happy!