• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    The next day, after his final news conference of the campaign, Carney stopped by a cafe in Newmarket. There, he was approached by a woman who said she was a realtor, and who urged him to get rid of the Liberals’ increase to the capital gains tax. It was causing investors a lot of problems, she told him.

    “I got rid of it. I know it was a dumb idea. As soon as they did, I was like, ‘This is a stupid idea,’” Carney told her. “And I’m sorry about that, but I wasn’t there so I couldn’t prevent it. But now I can.”

    le sigh

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      If I was elected Prime Minister, I’d just make real estate agents illegal purely out of spite.

      Fucking parasites, all of them. They add no real value to the economy whatsoever.

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        7 months ago

        Minimally, requiring bids to be in the open would go a long way. And price history to be included in listings. And taxing sale profit as income.

        There are so many little things that could lower prices.

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          Taxing sale profit would make things incredibly complicated. Actually determining profit would require tracking any and every expense paid as part of owning and maintaining the property, calculating depreciation of various components, etc, etc.

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              7 months ago

              Right, they don’t consider expenses and upkeep there, but it would be quite detrimental to most people if the same would apply to principle residences.

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        7 months ago

        For a tax that barely affected the income of people who were already very, very rich, they sure did bitch about about it.

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    7 months ago

    Nobody knows exactly why but I love the comments and conjecture. There is truth swirling around there somewhere.

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      7 months ago

      I’m confused at the nickname, I didn’t think he was the one who said carbon tax 3 times a paragraph. Can you explain it?

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          7 months ago

          So, are you a bot, or a liar? Because Carney was still in England when the carbon tax was implemented.

          You can not like the Liberals, you can not like the carbon tax, and you cannot like Carney, but it’s deeply and openly dishonest to link Carney to the tax.