Average Canadian family spending more money on taxes than on food, clothing and housing combined
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2007/16/c5234.html
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- In 1961, the average Canadian family earned an income of $5,000 and
paid $1,675 in total taxes - 33.5 per cent of its income.
- In 2006, the average Canadian family earned an income of $63,001 and
paid total taxes equaling $28,311 - 44.9 per cent of its income.
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