OTTAWA–Your tax dollars at work: Canadians who just figured out how much of their hard-earned cash to send to Ottawa may be surprised to learn that more than $40,000 was spent on a new washroom in the office suite of the top taxman.
What? A special, exclusive bathroom just for the Supreme Overlord of the Tax Collectors! For $40,000!
Talk about the culture of entitlement! What, does he think he's too important to pee and poo and fart in the same places as his lowly underlings?
William Baker, commissioner of the federal revenue-collecting department, laid out between $40,000 and $45,000 on the project last year, according to documents obtained under access-to-information legislation.
And it's just the tip of the iceberg!
It's but one example of hefty spending by the people who oversee the collection of Canadians' taxes.
Read about it...
Must be a lot of Librano$$$ in the Canada Revenue Agency. I know there's some Dippers, at least...
And I know for a fact, having once worked there on a temporary contract, that nepotism in hiring is eye-openingly rampant and seen as perfectly normal at the Agency.
Ironically, I helped them save a lot of money by helping them eliminate tens of thousands of dollars per annum in wasteful spending in one Tax Services Office. Now I learn that they're wasting money on other stuff anyway!
What are we paying taxes for, really? Some kind of shell game?
