Topic: Canada has a system like Social Security but the seniors get quite a bit more money than Americans

Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #89,378

Must be nice.

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Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,020,200

I was basing that on a basic income project there.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-basic-income-pilot

In which this is said:

Impact on seniors
Seniors are not included in the pilot because most seniors (65+) receive more money through the current seniors’ benefits including:

Old Age Security
Guaranteed Income Supplement
Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 51 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,223

Is that a new thing? There was some fathead brother to the crack mayor who got elected and shut down a pilot project like the one you describe

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,238

$16,989 per year for a single person, less 50% of any earned income. On that special Canuck program
$17,532 per year is what the average person gets in US and they are not hit with anything close to 50% against it for any earned income.
Jobs like bartenders, general unskilled workers etc.

$45,240 is the amount a professional degreed person earns in US and there is NO deduction on any earned income after the age of 70

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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,020,257

Don't Canadians abandon their elderly to freeze to death on ice floes or something?

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