General Discussion

income taxes (depending on their tax bracket), and a lot of sales taxes.

In Canada, we don't have "Socialist" governments (Federal and Provincial) per say, but income taxes are based on a gradual bracket-based system. Same for sales taxes (VAT systems) where governments return some of them to the lowest earners, depending on their annual income.

In return, we get Universal Healthcare and for those who can afford insurance for commodities like private rooms in Hospital, if they need a stay, they can pay for it.

It's a flexible system but it costs big money paid by the taxpayers. In the US, as soon as you talk about raising taxes, the "cons" go crazy... (because they don't understand bracket-based tax systems?).