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[-] devrandom@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Part of the problem is that none of the parties address the real problems created by their actions. Liberal introduce a nation-wide carbon tax that should in theory tax large companies. In reality: Companies don't pay taxes, they raise their prices to cover the tax increase which "trickles down" (the only time trickle down economics actually "works") to the people.

So without dealing with that scenario when implementing the taxes, the ordinary Canadian gets hosed.

But now lets say PP becomes prime minister and reduces the taxes. Is he going to force companies to drop their prices to make up for that? Probably not. Companies will just use that as profit. So Canadians are still getting hosed.

And now after that lets say Liberals rise to power again. And re-implement these taxes. Once again, the companies will just pass those added costs onto the consumer again.

I wish I knew what the solution is here but I really don't. It feels like no matter what the government in charge does, companies just keep using it as an excuse to hose us one way or the other.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Governments mandating lower prices when taxes are raised won’t go well either. They’ll simply lower the quality of the goods and the same price

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[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Trudeau has struggled to make housing a serious issue so Pierre is doing a lot better.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago
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[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago

Its gonna be ok, Canadians. You are all living rent-free in my head!

[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, stranger. I don't know why some people downvoted you (am I missing something here?), but I appreciate your concern and friendly sentiment.

[-] AlexRogansBeta@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

Lots of chatter in here about not supporting the conservatives. But, there's no options for Canadians. Liberals are outta gas and haven't done anything praiseworthy in a while. Conservatives suck and PP would just be a lamer Harper who wants to eat the poor. The NDP need a new leader as J.S. hasn't made headway in years.

More importantly, theyre all just arguing about how to tweak the broken, oppressive system we live with. No one is advocating for change. It's just a debate over who thinks they can keep liberal capitalism afloat. But liberal capitalism is the root of the problems. We have no advocates for change.

I vote we all go pull a 1919 Winnipeg and have a Canada-wide general strike in support of truly radical change. Change that pulls us away from rampant neoliberalization and rejects the basic assumptions of liberal capitalism.

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