Buy a TV, get a tax cut
Next week, the city of Vaughan will launch a first for North America - a municipal credit card that allows residents to apply rewards to their municipal tax bill.
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/255194
alright, so the title of this article is a little misleading but the actual idea of the "MuniCard" sounds like a good idea to me! if my city/municipality was offering these, i'd so be on board. taxes are a pain in the ass and i'm all for lowering them by just going about my daily business. i use my current credit card a fair deal and it offers me nothing for using it...
i find richmond hill mayor david barrow's comments on the card quite amusing... "I think people are more interested in air miles than taxes. Taxes are a pretty boring thing." of course yout hink that mr. richie rich! you're city is fully of the wealthy and boy oh boy do they have your ear! and the no direct benefit to the city thing? so what! so it's not directly benefiting "the system" - if it's helping your residents, it IS actually helping the city! happy residents make for a more smoothly run city! even YOU, david barrow could apply for a card if you so opted... that is, if you even pay taxes at all...
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