I can tell you that I have the ability to live anywhere in Canada with my job, and the advantageous taxes in Alberta have been one of the big reasons for staying. Now Alberta is still one of the better places in Canada tax wise, but if it continued to get worse I would seriously consider leaving.
I don't say that lightly or as a threat, just that there is a reality that people who have options may start exploring them. So whether people like it or not, you end up with people who pay a lot into the tax pot leaving, which doesn't help anyone in the big picture.
Economics is more complicated than just 'tax people who make more than me, more'.
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