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Originally Posted by Fuzz
What taxes were raised? Reminder that for most people the carbon tax is rebated, particularly low earners.
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You forget that the "cArBoN tAx iS rEvEnUe nEuTrAl!!!1!!" crowd completely ignores that the government charges GST on top of the carbon tax. I think one of the slimiest things this government has done is spin it as revenue neutral, when it's not. Yes, lower earners still probably get all of that back, but it's not what it's spun as. The government is making billions off of this.
But you also know my thoughts on the carbon tax in general and how it effects the economy as a whole, again, with companies leaving because Canada is no longer competitive.
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Is that 40% adjusted for population growth and new programs?
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Has our population grown 40%? Even if it did, do you think the growth in government employees and population should be linear?
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Higher taxes could contribute to lower debt.
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Have they in the last 10 years?
You're showing nominal GDP per capita - I am talking the growth rate of real GDP per capita (stated in my original post).
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Immigration mistakes were made, that's not s tax cut so not sure the relevance.
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Not sure of your point here - mine was that currently, the economy is being propped up by cheap labor, rather than having any sort of actual investment or industries driving growth. Makes the numbers look better than they are in reality.
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I guess if the only thing a high income earner cares about is money, they can leave? Why do we want to hold on to a morally bankrupt population?
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How is that morally bankrupt? Is it morally bankrupt to look at all of the things I listed and know that you would have a much better life in the US?