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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Maybe when political parties stop trying to convince everyone that lowering taxes will get the debt paid off quicker?
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Hopefully that will coincide with people realizing that capital is mobile and when people can do business in less hostile (or less incompetent) jurisdictions than Alberta and Canada, they will, and that means your higher tax rate can easily produce less revenue, and a lower rate can easily mean a smaller piece of a larger pie because the market fundamentals make sense for people deploying capital here, rather than Colorado, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Texas.
It is also important to note that many people are fine with seeing government slashed a bit, in exchange for fewer services. I can at least understand the segment who want to raise tax for everyone in exchange for more services, at least it's logical. The group that want more and want to pay less (or simply want others to pay more on their behalf) are pretty problematic and represent a significant amount of Canadian voters.