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  1. That's actually such an interesting point. I know the Canadian government is looking into filing taxes automatically for low income earners for reasons of governmental efficiency. Firstly, it just makes sense in a way, as low income earners generally have very simple taxes, like a single T4 or maybe two T4s (the equivalent to a W2). Plus the CRA (Canadian equivalent to the IRS) already has everyone's tax information on hand for the year. When you file your taxes they're essentially matching the numbers that they have on file with the numbers that you've reported on your tax return. Secondly, the main reasoning behind it is that they've discovered that a large amount people don't make use of the tax credits and programs that are available to them, even though that money is already earmarked in the budget. It can be very difficult to figure out what programs even exist and which you're entitled to, especially since they're changing from year to year. Unless you're extremely plugged in, you probably have no idea the full extent of what is actually available to you. Disclosure, I haven't read this book, but my first impression is that this can be misleading. You can have children out of wedlock for example and have those be planned for children, which I imagine wouldn't contribute to poverty. The issue with poverty comes up when the child is unplanned, which can affect both married and unmarried couples. If you suddenly have an unplanned child thrust upon you, you're more likely to be put into a very precarious financial situation. Lack of access to abortion would contribute to poverty because you have no alternative to raising a child now*, even if your financial situation is absolutely fucked. *there is adoption, but even giving birth to a child is very expensive in the United States from what I've read. A brief google search gives me a national average of $18,865, but I admittedly don't know how accurate that is or how much insurance negotiates that down. Plus during pregnancy your ability to work and earn an income may be impacted, which could represent 10s of thousands of dollars in lost income that you would have otherwise if abortion was an option given to you. Now where this gets messy is the following... Marriage is associated with financial success and stability, but it's a little misleading. Marriage might entitle you to some tax benefits, but in itself is not enough to pull you out of poverty. If you're financially fucked, getting married will not automatically put you in a better situation. I don't even think marriage is a factor at all in a causative way. The most significant counterargument I have is that marriage significantly conflates with other economic factors. While marriage in itself doesn't automatically put you in a better economic situation, if you're looking at the economic situation of married couples, you're already starting off by selecting for people who are most likely at a more financially stable period in their life if they were considering marriage in the first place. Basically what I'm trying to say is the marriage aspect is conflated with economic success, but it's not the cause of economic success. To illustrate this with an example, it would be like saying buying a Ferrari will cause you to be financially successful. When in reality if you're looking at Ferrari owners, you've already selected for people that are financially successful, but there's no causative link between the two. As a result, I don't believe there's any contradiction between those two statements.
  2. if your furniture is nicer than PS4 and mattress on the floor with no sheet it'll probably look gay
  3. It only takes a few days to sort out your sleep schedule, but it also only takes one day to fuck up your sleep schedule
  4. I beat Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 I am a true gamer
  5. I try to wear it everywhere and it's worked out pretty well so far, still never got it
  6. I remember they had a question for keeping daylight savings time or not on the ballot and the way they worded it was so unbelievably confusing lol
  7. the idea that if a girl wants to draw two guys kissing it's fetishization is so unbelievably super online lol
  8. LMAO at the mlm thing, so true and I totally agree with that, it used to be easier to find sites that had more good information instead of scrolling a feed and hoping you stumble on something good
  9. Also the When They Cry games are on sale rn https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/WhenTheyCry
  10. Yep, absolutely There's also the 07th mod or Umineko Project that you can apply to the game to add voice acting and sprites from the PS3 version and other stuff, though I prefer setting it to the original art also super recommend Higurashi
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