The highest federal marginal tax rate in Canada is 29%[1], kicking in at taxable income over $135,054.
The highest federal marginal tax rate in the US is 39.6%[2], kicking in at $400,001. At 135,054 of income, you're in the $87,851 – $183,250 tax bracket, and paying 28%.
Provincial / state taxes can ratchet those numbers up depending on where you live.
> the only way to get good care is to "go private."
Have you ever had medical care in Canada? There are situations where going private will get you much speedier care (for an MRI for a non-life threatening injury, for example, could take you months to get). But generally speaking, going public will get you high quality care delivered on an appropriate schedule (life threatening: right away... not life threatening: appropriately quick).
The highest federal marginal tax rate in Canada is 29%[1], kicking in at taxable income over $135,054.
The highest federal marginal tax rate in the US is 39.6%[2], kicking in at $400,001. At 135,054 of income, you're in the $87,851 – $183,250 tax bracket, and paying 28%.
Provincial / state taxes can ratchet those numbers up depending on where you live.
> the only way to get good care is to "go private."
Have you ever had medical care in Canada? There are situations where going private will get you much speedier care (for an MRI for a non-life threatening injury, for example, could take you months to get). But generally speaking, going public will get you high quality care delivered on an appropriate schedule (life threatening: right away... not life threatening: appropriately quick).
[1] - http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/txrts-eng.html
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_State...
[3] - http://www.tax-services.ca/canadian-tax-calculator/income-ta...
[4] - http://www.tax-brackets.org/californiataxtable