I don't mind cutting industry specific corporate tax to encourage diversification of our economy since it's a very real threat in 20-30 years. That's different than wanting to raise corporate tax and review the royalty structure to fund a shortfall for revenue since we've been giving corporations a pretty good ride tax wise for a long time now.
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Originally Posted by shermanator
it's been a while since I've been in university but I think this is still quite prevalent.
I graduated university in 2007, and absolutely expected this type of salary. People who graduated a semester before got $60k easy right out of school. I ended up gladly settling for $37k a year and had to live paycheque to paycheque to afford my rent in the only illegal basement suite that would take me. A rude awakening for sure, but I think it has actually helped in the long run as I learned what items were necessities (food, rent, utilities) and what were luxuries (all inclusive vacations, Flames tickets, fancy dinners).
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Yup. I settled for 45,000/yr salary m first job (albeit that was before I graduated). That put expectations in check.
I have friends who started in trades who I think might have a harsh spending/reality check one day soon though. They have never experienced an actual slow down.