Taxing “the rich” to finance a large expansion of government would not generate enough revenue to cover federal spending programs and the middle class would eventually have to chip in, according to a new study. “If Canadians actually want a much bigger government, they’re going to have to pay for it with higher taxes,” study co-author Ben Eisen, a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, said in a press release on April 6. The study, titled “No Free Lunch for the 99 Percent,” noted that taxing the top one percent of earners in the country will not generate nearly enough revenue to finance either a major expansion in the role of government, support public finance, or fund broader tax relief for other Canadians. “To generate sufficient revenue to significantly increase federal spending, Ottawa must raise taxes on Canadians across a broad income spectrum, not just top earners,” Eisen said. A …