Where does your paycheck come from?

[Machjo]

Just curious.

I'd just like to get an idea of just how much we here at Canadian Content depend or depended on the government for our paychecks.

 

[YukonJack]

No paycheck any more, since I am retired.

I get a deposit in my bank account once a month from the fund I paid into for almost 40 years. And another one from the Government of Canada into which I paid even longer.

And the taxes I pay are nothing short of atrocious.

 

[Tonington]

The big bad pharmacy boogie man pays me, twice a month.

 

[JLM]

I get three cheques from the Gov't- one from Super Annie and two from the Feds.

 

[Machjo]

Sorry, my bad. I was not really talking about pension and other such income, but rather income from the time you worked even if you don't work anymore. When you were working, where did your money come from? Were you working for the government, the for-profit private sector, the NGO sector, or some other sector?

Sorry for the lack of clarity there.

 

[Chiliagon]

my paycheque comes from paper that was made from a tree!

 

[Machjo]

my paycheque comes from paper that was made from a tree!

You counterfeit your money and you have the audacity to post it in a public forum? I hope for your sake that you posted it from an internet cafe somewhere that doesn't have any identifiable information of yours. And wipe the keyboard of fingerprints before you leave. And maybe you should start moving now.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Were you working for the government, the for-profit private sector, the NGO sector, or some other sector?.

I've had pay cheques from all four: federal and provincial public service and crown corporations, private sector companies, a charitable organization for a while, and I've been self-employed. And unemployed, briefly. Now I'm retired, and thanks to the portability of pension funds I get only two cheques now, one from the superannuation fund I paid into all my working life and was able to carry around with me from employer to employer, and CPP (a pittance).

 

[JLM]

Sorry, my bad. I was not really talking about pension and other such income, but rather income from the time you worked even if you don't work anymore. When you were working, where did your money come from? Were you working for the government, the for-profit private sector, the NGO sector, or some other sector?

Sorry for the lack of clarity there.

Government of British Columbia for over 35 years.

 

[TenPenny]

The only time in my life I worked for gov't was one summer, I worked for the RCMP as a student.

 

[Sparrow]

I worked for the private sector 33 years, now collect a pension from a plan that the company and I both contributed to for those years, private investments, Fed. and Prov. Gov. pension.

 

[Chiliagon]

You counterfeit your money and you have the audacity to post it in a public forum? I hope for your sake that you posted it from an internet cafe somewhere that doesn't have any identifiable information of yours. And wipe the keyboard of fingerprints before you leave. And maybe you should start moving now.

PAYCHEQUE! Not money..

 

[AnnaG]

Let me see, first jobs were yard maintenance (mowing lawns, yanking weeds, trimming hedges, etc. for neighbors, family friends, etc.), serving in a pub full time and then part time while I went to college, a gap while I had the girls, then built a giftshop business, now retired but selling fruit and eggs. Collected UI occasionally between jobs, but never got back as much as I paid in, though. Like most people, I won't get back as much as I pay into CPP either (one of the other ways gov't makes money without taxing).

 

[DurkaDurka]

I work in the private sector, same company for the last 8 years now. No complaints here

 

[karrie]

My paycheque comes from the big bad oil patch, addressed to my hubby. lol.

 

[TenPenny]

Like most people, I won't get back as much as I pay into CPP either (one of the other ways gov't makes money without taxing).

From what I understand, your max contribution to the CPP is currently approx $2000/year (used to be less). Your benefit will be somewhere in the $500 /month range if you are average, max is 900 or so. So the benefit is 3 to 5 times what you pay in based on current numbers

Are you planning to die relatively young? Is that why you don't expect to collect what you paid in?

 

[AnnaG]

From what I understand, your max contribution to the CPP is currently approx $2000/year (used to be less). Your benefit will be somewhere in the $500 /month range if you are average, max is 900 or so. So the benefit is 3 to 5 times what you pay in based on current numbers

Are you planning to die relatively young? Is that why you don't expect to collect what you paid in?

I haven't ever quit paying except for a couple years when I had the kids. If I continue to pay in until I am of retirement age, that will mean I've contributed for probably better than 50 years (I don't expect I'll quit working until I am unable to work so I'll likely continue to contribute till then, too). But either way, CPP is not a paycheck. It's getting money back.

 

[JLM]

Let me see, first jobs were yard maintenance (mowing lawns, yanking weeds, trimming hedges, etc. for neighbors, family friends, etc.), serving in a pub full time and then part time while I went to college, a gap while I had the girls, then built a giftshop business, now retired but selling fruit and eggs. Collected UI occasionally between jobs, but never got back as much as I paid in, though. Like most people, I won't get back as much as I pay into CPP either (one of the other ways gov't makes money without taxing).

You mean you're not miserable enough to hang around until you're 100 so you get it all back and then some????? :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[AnnaG]

You mean you're not miserable enough to hang around until you're 100 so you get it all back and then some????? :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Average female lifetime is about 81 and a half in Canuckville.

 

[Colpy]

Private security company.