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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
But the average person today isn’t worse off than the average person in the 60s or 70s. They live in bigger houses, dine out more, and are more likely to fly outside the country for vacations. They have nicer appliances in their home, more cars per household, and spend much more on children’s activities and enrichment. The average person today would hate switching places with the average household in 1975.
A couple with a household earning of $220k who live in a 2,000 sq ft home and take trips to Barcelona and Costa Rica may tell themselves that they’re struggling. And they may blame billionaires for the sense of insecurity they feel. But that insecurity is a baked-in feature of our consumerist society, where people always want and expect more, and raise those expectations every step they take up the income ladder. The people I know who complain the most about taxes are 10 per centers for whom a house in springbank or vacation property in Invermere remains frustratingly out of reach.
The reality is the average Canadian receives much more in public services in their lifespan than they pay in taxes. Canadians are unwilling to pay the kinds of taxes that the people in the Nordics pay for their public programs because they simply don’t want to, not because they’re broke from billionaires (of which the Nordic countries have plenty) taking everything.
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That's a whole lot of words to say "yes" to my question.
Also, maybe we should stop listening to these people and tax them more.