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[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was disingenuous to infer that the minor tax increase you linked to above had any meaningful impact on affordability.

If your second link is accurate then your bigger beef is with the provincial liquor boards as they are levying a tax that is certainly notable.

And then to blame immigrants for unaffordability with the old debunked "taking our jobs" argument is just sad. I hope you eventually step out of your conservative bubble and see that it's capitalism and class inequality that are the problem, not government and your fellow man.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Its the taxes they keep adding, that was just the most recent. Clearly when every level of government is dipping their hands in for more then the poor won't be able to afford it. The rich will keep the industry alive though, a real progressive society which puts the privilege of a commonly used natural substance behind a paywall.

I blame immigrants because they were brought in to deal with the labor shortage, when everyone was getting large raises. I have a brain, I can see it debased salaries, and corporations were begging for it.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're so close. It's like you read 1/2 of the detective novel, thought you knew who did it, then got bored and closed it without finding out you were wrong.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago