[tasdrouille]

Around here, these are called essential services and there are laws governing them so they can't really cut much.

Like anything in life you get what you pay for. You can't get services for free.

Just so you can maybe feel better I pay:

Pay 10% of my revenues to the government of Canada
Pay 20% of my revenues to the government of Quebec
Pay roughly 5% of my revenues to the city
Pay roughly 10% of my revenues in sales taxes

So at the end of the day, I gave roughly 45% of my revenues to some government.

On the other hand I got:

Free healthcare (btw the healthcare system is a bit more than 40% of the govt budget here!!)
4 years at the University for $7000
15 weeks paid at 70% of my salary each time I get a kid
55% employment insurance if I ever lose my job
A 25% of my revenues retirement pension at age 65
etc.