• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      9 hours ago

      True. But, historically, the conservatives’ entire schtick is “we will now reduce tax for the rich, and the challenge is how to sell that to the plebes in the 99%”.

      Every plan they have, every effort they make, is all about reducing tax and somehow trying to avoid explaining where healthcare and bridges and fire engines food testing and vaccines and air safety will come from.

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    time will tell what carbon tax carney can do. hopefully things get better

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      I’m confused at the nickname, I didn’t think he was the one who said carbon tax 3 times a paragraph. Can you explain it?

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        the fact that him and the liberal party made things expensive with greenwashing.

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          the fact

          Not a fact.

          that him

          He

          and the liberal party made things expensive with greenwashing.

          Carbon tax - go see the numbers - meant a bump of 3% on groceries, max. If your gas went up, go talk to your gasoline guy. If your avocados went up, go talk to Galen.

          People who study this as a job will still maintain a carbon benefit is the best way to indirectly shift a country so it doesn’t wreck the atmosphere as much; like, there are no great ideas people will accept, but this is a mediocre one that people who can do math will accept.

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            a bump is a bump, also its cute you want to fix my writing like a school teacher.

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          So, are you a bot, or a liar? Because Carney was still in England when the carbon tax was implemented.

          You can not like the Liberals, you can not like the carbon tax, and you cannot like Carney, but it’s deeply and openly dishonest to link Carney to the tax.

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            beep boop, must not be liberal voter so i must be a bot. beep boop.

            come on dude you can’t call every person who doesn’t like the LPC a bot.

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    The next day, after his final news conference of the campaign, Carney stopped by a cafe in Newmarket. There, he was approached by a woman who said she was a realtor, and who urged him to get rid of the Liberals’ increase to the capital gains tax. It was causing investors a lot of problems, she told him.

    “I got rid of it. I know it was a dumb idea. As soon as they did, I was like, ‘This is a stupid idea,’” Carney told her. “And I’m sorry about that, but I wasn’t there so I couldn’t prevent it. But now I can.”

    le sigh

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      If I was elected Prime Minister, I’d just make real estate agents illegal purely out of spite.

      Fucking parasites, all of them. They add no real value to the economy whatsoever.

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        Minimally, requiring bids to be in the open would go a long way. And price history to be included in listings. And taxing sale profit as income.

        There are so many little things that could lower prices.

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          Taxing sale profit would make things incredibly complicated. Actually determining profit would require tracking any and every expense paid as part of owning and maintaining the property, calculating depreciation of various components, etc, etc.

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              Right, they don’t consider expenses and upkeep there, but it would be quite detrimental to most people if the same would apply to principle residences.

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                You keep saying things they should be doing as if it’s somehow arduous and not done by every small business owner in the country.

                If your house is your investment, get ready to show your work.

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                  Right, but once you factor in those improvement, replacement and maintenance costs, houses aren’t really an investment.