Trudeau charges taxpayers $127,000 for holiday

[Atomoa]

I want to be paid in vintage baseball cards that I can sell for cash, under the table.

Justin Trudeau should make sure that gravy train keeps running for me.

[The Green Barbarian]

Why does it make sense to allow CEO's to make two thirds of their annual salary in Stock options (as opposed to paying them the same way the rest of us get paid) purely and simply so they can pay less tax than they otherwise would on their six figure incomes?
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I realize that you are just pulling this out of your butt and you have no way to back up your comments, but this once again is jealousy rearing its ugly head. Why is the Left so infatuated with "CEO's". As others have stated, thousands of Canadians get stock options, and just focusing on a few people and point at them is silly and ludicrous. There is a tax basis for why stock options are taxed at these rates, but all that goes out the window because a few people are horribly jealous and want everyone to be poor and ignorant like they are.

[Merry]

I'm neither poor, nor ignorant GB, but I know gross unfairness when I see it.

Every time one group of Canadians is given an unfair tax break, the rest of us have to pay more tax to make up the shortfall. And I'm sick and tired of having to pay more in order to allow special tax breaks which are aimed predominantly at the wealthiest amongst us.

If the Liberals had kept their promise and put a cap on the amount people can be paid (and receive tax breaks on) in this way, any "middle class" folks receiving such compensation could continue to do so, while limiting the amount of tax wealthy folk could avoid in this way.

But Trudeau broke his promise, and kept the status quo.

[Gilchy]

One reason many executives are incentivized through options is to try and continually improve profits and the stock price. Options are only worth anything if the value of the shares increases.

[maryjane48]

he did not charge enough . i was hoping for atleast 500 grand . im kinda disapointed

[Merry]

One reason many executives are incentivized through options is to try and continually improve profits and the stock price. Options are only worth anything if the value of the shares increases.

And history has shown that focusing purely on "short term gain" has often resulted in far too much "long term pain".

Far too many poor business decisions have been made as a result of CEO's thinking more about their own personal self interest, rather than the long term best interests of the company they represent.

[What_the]

At first on appearances it seems like a lot cash. At first I thought, why there, why not have a holiday closer to, or at home.

Then I thought, the PM has the weight of our country and parts of the world on his shoulders. Has to sleep at night wrestling with decisions of life and death.

If it were me I'd do the same thing, and I think every one else would too.

[Merry]

The issue isn't whether or not our PM is deserving of a holiday, because of course he is. Everyone deserves a break now and again.

The issue is how much of that holiday should be paid for by taxpayers.

The PM is required to travel in a Government plane, and to have a security detail. So those things should be taxpayer funded. But Justin should pay for all other expenditures himself. Just like the rest of us do.

[maryjane48]

The issue isn't whether or not our PM is deserving of a holiday, because of course he is. Everyone deserves a break now and again.

The issue is how much of that holiday should be paid for by taxpayers.

The PM is required to travel in a Government plane, and to have a security detail. So those things should be taxpayer funded. But Justin should pay for all other expenditures himself. Just like the rest of us do.

f9r contrast it costs americans 3 million everytime trump goes to maro lago . christy clark has spent 15 million on partisan adds with taxmoney . jt trip is smaĺ potatos and not worth making a thread about wadr

[What_the]

Another thing I just thought of - nobody is gunning for the rest of us, hence a security detail.

Our jobs don't come with default death threats just for accepting the position.

[Rwede]

[Merry]

f9r contrast it costs americans 3 million everytime trump goes to maro lago . christy clark has spent 15 million on partisan adds with taxmoney . jt trip is smaĺ potatos and not worth making a thread about wadr

I fail to see how pointing out inappropriate spending on the part of other politicians somehow justifies inappropriate spending by our PM, because two (or more) wrongs don't make a right.

If the PM was on a personal holiday (as he claims) then taxpayers should not be on the hook for his personal expenditures. As I said before, we should pay for the private plane (which he is mandated to use) and his personal security detail, AND THAT IS ALL.

The PM is paid a salary to do his job, but that salary does not include personal trips at taxpayers expense.

[The Green Barbarian]

Every time one group of Canadians is given an unfair tax break, .

It's not an unfair tax break. It's being portrayed as unfair by people who don't know what they are talking about, consumed by sheer jealousy. Calling it "unfair" is both dishonest and horrible.

[The Green Barbarian]

I want to be paid in vintage baseball cards that I can sell for cash, under the table.
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Then negotiate that with your employer.

[The Green Barbarian]

It costs $3 million dollars every weekend Trump goes golfing .

I looked this up and this number is indeed more left-wing left fake news. The left-wing fake news site Politico came up with this number based on a trip taken by Obama back in 2013. They have no other basis for this estimate whatsoever, but hey, out they blabbed this number, it was picked up by other fake news sites like the Washington Post, and now it's fake news, to now be echoing in liberal media news chambers around the world. Just a total lie, but what else do you expect from the left.