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Is Canada's 'Netflix tax' worth the hassle it's getting from the U.S.? in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Plex ftw

The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed | CCPA in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No it does not. It means the difference is turned into higher profit. This is what we saw. We did not see the price of groceries going down when thr tax was removed

Millions of Americans are now eligible for Canadian citizenship and many are applying ‘just in case’ | CNN in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Because they would be mostly white. And the loudest anti immigrants in canada seem to revere the US

The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed | CCPA in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Unless of course the government invests in those basic necessities to keep the cost to consumer low.

Like having the government spend taxes on actual subsidized food production with the goal of it being a service to the people, not a business. Or on housing to the scale where real estate doesn't get out of control due to low supply.

Id rather a world where necessities are cheap and luxuries are expensive than the world we have now where necessities are expensive and luxuries are cheap.

The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed | CCPA in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I typically agree, except that cons are really good at convincing a ton of people to vote against their own best interests.

Like in Ontario.. I'm in a rural area and I hear people bitch about Healthcare and education getting worse, yet they voted for a guy who cuts those things in order to build a highway and a spa.

And guys who very well could do with an EV, bitch about gas prices and bitch about ev financial incentives.

The oil industry is making billions from the Iran war—it should be taxed | CCPA in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Everything is paid for by the consumer.

This is why you cant stop at taxing them more. It also needs to come with enhancing social safety nets and services.

Take more money from those who benefit the most economically from society, and use that money to enhance the lives of everyone.

People are less worried about paying 20 cents more for gas if they know they have more than enough to cover everything else. Right now everyone has been smacked by rampant inflation with little wage growth so every extra dollar going out hurts a lot more.