Wednesday, November 24, 2010

How to Get Rich in Canada

Become an Indian Chief:
In 2005, while the National Football League was negotiating its current collective bargaining agreement with players, one NFL owner conducted a survey of the league’s African-American players. While even players making the league minimum salary are comfortably within the top 1% of American income earners (and the richest players are within the top 0.1%), most of those surveyed believed average white Americans were better paid. Most guessed that 50% or more of their paler countrymen made more than they did.

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A month ago, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released a report about on-reserve compensation based on partial statistics provided by the Indian Affairs department. At the time, the CTF calculated that 30 of the country’s 577 chiefs made more than the average — $110,000 – received by the 10 provincial premiers.
... and they don't even pay taxes, and in most cases have their homes paid for ... including utilities.

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