05-28-2021, 11:24 PM
(05-28-2021, 06:18 PM)jeffster Wrote: But the *Region* is saying you're rich if you're a family of 4 earning 40K.
Well, they’re saying one is not poor, which isn’t the same thing as rich.
But it’s still wrong. One person earning $40k might not be poor (with some careful budgeting and choices) but I can’t imagine housing and feeding a family of 4 on that.
Quote:As for transit support, it SHOULD be based on the CRA's definition, not their stupid made up definition. Who's the idiot that put that together? Hell, even OW and ODSP separates families living in the same household. You're 18, you are your own family now.
And to be frank, if they are THAT concerned about cutting costs, they can go f-themselves and stop giving those on the Sunshine list a discount! Why do those folks deserve a discount? That makes zero sense. In this region: you're living in poverty, but hey, we think you're rich (You're richer than you think®.) Meanwhile, if you're on the Sunshine list, you poor (literally) bastard, here's your discount, enjoy. Ass. Backwards. That is what it is.
Just to be clear, I assume it is that people who work for the Region or other employers, including the University of Waterloo, can get a pass by payroll deduction, at a discount? And some of those people are on the Sunshine list which no longer makes one wealthy by any stretch but certainly puts one in the upper fraction of earners. So it’s not literally giving people who are on the Sunshine list a discount because they’re on the list.
But yeah, no real disagreement with what you said. Just have to get in my pedantry for the day.