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More on CPP funds and the tools of mass murder
Posted by D-Rock on 08/14/06 (Shite)
I had previously posted some info on how Canada Pension Plan investments (mandatory contributions from every person employed in Canada) are used to fund the military-industrial complex. Well, given the current seige on Lebanon by Israel, using U.S.-supplied fighter planes and bombs, a helpful fellow named Doug forwarded us a link that makes more apparent the direct link between CPP funds and the charred bodies of dead civilians half way across the world.
Remember people: Canada is a valid target! Read and cringe here.
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Comment by tom on August 14th, 2006 at 10:48 am:
i work in canada. is there anyway to boycott this tax? maybe not pay taxes at all? is that what g7 does? “haven’t filed a tax return in three years.”
is this nonvoluntary complicity? are we all guilty of murdering innocents? or supporting murder? are we just happy-slave-accomplices?
Comment by caítlin on August 14th, 2006 at 11:58 am:
Tom,
I don’t know anything particular to Canada, but people have been refusing to pay their taxes on ethical grounds for ages. More info can be found here: http://www.warresisters.org/what_is.htm
(sorry it isnt pretty). Also, Voices In The Wilderness probably have something on it, as Kathy Kelly was fined a few times for it.
:)
Comment by gerty on August 14th, 2006 at 11:10 pm:
ugh is for ugly. remind me why i wake up in the morning oh yeah for gggggggggg 7 radioah. i hope this helps people grasp the situation
Comment by Aaron on August 15th, 2006 at 6:46 am:
Yeah let’s all stop paying our taxes and end our contributions to all of the important social funding that they pay for, brilliant idea.
Let’s get some petitions going instead and start sending out some letters, I know it doesn’t usually accomplish much but at this point in time our tax dollars are going to some good causes.
I don’t think it would be impossibly difficult for the government to give us a choice of like 2 different CPP investment plans. The one we have now and one that specializes in ethical investments. I know a better idea would be to just switch to ethical investments period but that’s not happening anytime soon. Small steps you know.
Anyway just thinking out loud here more than anything I’m sure someone here will have some intelligent suggestions.
Comment by Nick on August 16th, 2006 at 2:46 pm:
It’s to pressure those of us who have the knowledge to build these weapons into actually doing it, as by not building bombs for them undermines the pensions for our parents, and ourselves.
Comment by Mattt on August 25th, 2006 at 11:16 pm:
The whole thing with CPP is what’s been keeping me from getting a job…at least, that’s what I keep telling myself.
Aaron: Sometimes you have to make sacrifices that go beyond spending your precious time writing letters and getting petitions signed.
Comment by Aaron on August 26th, 2006 at 3:06 pm:
Matt I really don’t see choosing to not pay taxes as much of a sacrifice. It would sure be a lot easier for me if I had that cash to spend right now but what about the people who rely on the government to eat and put a roof over their heads?
They’re the ones who pay for this and we need to work towards changing the system at this point, not just ripping it down overnight. Giving Canadians the choice of an ethically respectable pension plan would be a real step in the right direction. Don’t get me wrong, if I was running shit we wouldn’t even need to worry about this garbage but we’ve got to take small steps towards revolution at this point.
We’ll take back our freedom and ethics calmly and slowly, the same way they’ve been taken away from us.
Comment by Mattt on August 26th, 2006 at 5:27 pm:
No, you’re right. I wasn’t saying that not paying taxes is a sacrifice though, clearly it’s not. The thing about taking small steps is often people will take steps so small that, even if they do make an impact, everything is back to how it was before long. And that’s not me saying “it’s not going to work, there’s no point in trying”.
Comment by tom on August 30th, 2006 at 10:53 am:
another thing aaron- “ethical investments” is a relative term. of course some taxes are used for good causes, but were talking specifically about pension plans here, not property tax or school tax or the fucking joke of 6% GST.
these funds are taken directly from workers to assure some retirement income. that sounds like a good plan to me, but i’d rather not be killing thousands of people so i can live on a beach with a wife and a penis that won’t go hard. fuck that.
so i think that yes, as workers, we habe the right to say where our taxes go, and we also have the right to not pay them. or at least we should.