Take Away Our Free OAS & … Our Other Free Money Source & … Bribing the “Don’t Take Away My OAS” Folks (Part 2)
by After restating what the OAS “problem” is once again, it’s time to check out a real-life example and then delve into the fun stuff … …
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Take Away Our Free OAS … Our Other Free Money Source & … Bribing the “Don’t Take Away My OAS” Folks (Part 1)
Title Image by Generation Squeeze *Updated – December 20, 2025 Yep, I’m gonna talk about how I want the federal government to take away my …
Prime Minister Carney … Here Are My Two BIG Asks as We Reinvent the Nation
Mr. Carney, please fix the OAS and restore the GST to the original 7% level. Circling back to the start of this piece after it …
The Carbon Pricing/Tax Thingy… What Is All the Noise About?
“Axe the tax.” I’m not sure how many hundreds of times we’ve seen-read-heard this statement in the last couple of years. Pierre Poilievre and the …
From the Business News Network … OAS Refinement Suggestions From Professor Paul Kershaw
Yes, I’m about to get back up on my “let’s rein in the costly OAS program” high horse. I won’t go back over my general …
RELEVANT REPOST: Is It Time to Blow Up the OAS … Is It Up to Those of Us Who Are Receiving It to Fix It?
One of the easiest ways we can reduce the deficit and provide additional funding for the myriad of special new projects that will be happening …
UPDATED – Is It Time to Abandon Our Current Approach to Spending in Retirement … and Come Up with a More Aggressive Spending Plan?
Updated August 15, 2024 – timing information provided at end of article. The Love-goddess and I have been retired for over a decade now. It …
2024 Update – International Travel and Money … Currency Exchange, the Traveller’s… New Solution? (Part 2)
After pausing to write about, what I was going to write about, I return to the currency exchange dilemma. As you read in Part One, …
2024 Update – International Travel and Money … Currency Exchange, the Traveller’s… New Solution? (Part 1)
On the 6th of December 2022, I posted my first article about how we approach paying for things when we are abroad. And then, on …
On Being Retired … Things I Think I Now Know About Retirement (Part 2)
The “Operational Truths”… According To the Retiree 🙂 Having wrapped up the intangible “People” aspects of retirement, it’s time to move on to some of …