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What is Canada’s digital tax and why is Trump killing trade talks over it?

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[–] ryepunk@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Fully expect Carney to cave and cancel the tax. All the ghouls don't like it anyways, scares the corporations away, and we can't have them threatening the economy after all. Goodness no. The austerity will just have to be 20% more expensive as a result. Sorry poor people your dental care is cancelled.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Western propaganda against AES serves two purposes. 1: it makes them seem scary and authoritarian and 2: it normalises the idea of the surveillance state so that the west can implement versions of the "big brother" stuff they claim is abundant in AES, justifying it by saying it isn't as bad as "over there".