Friday, June 17, 2005

Freedom Days

A quick link to this Babble discussion about the focus given to Fraser Institute's "Tax Freedom Day". My contribution was to suggest that rather than merely trying to shut down the current talking point, progressives should develop new ones of their own (in particular annual ones similar to the TFD concept). Here are the suggestions so far, please add any more ideas you can contribute.

Gender Freedom Day - the September or October day when the average male will earn as much as a comparable female will earn in a full year.

Executive Freedom Day - the day in early January when the average corporate CEO earns as much the average employee for that company. (For added fun we can have two such times hours apart, reflecting before-tax and after-tax.)

Welcome to Canada Day (renamed from the thread) - Some day from late August to mid September, highlighting the lower wages first-gen immigrants earn.

Private Auto Insurance Freedom Day - For the New Democrats out West, this is self explanatory.

US Tuition Freedom Day - The difference between American and Canadian university tuitions.

Go to it!

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