OTTAWA – Wealthy Canadians have begun a ‘Freegains convoy’ to Ottawa in their BMW X3s in protest of the government’s plan to raise the inclusion rate on annual capital gains in excess of $250,000.00 dollars. “Not since the city of Toronto tried to build affordable housing in Rosedale has our community been so united in […]
  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    6 months ago

    Not a blinker in the group, sudden lane changes, tailgating; what else?

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    6 months ago

    Poor people would join in

    People don’t understand taxes, they were talking about it on the radio yesterday and people who make less than 50k/year think this will increase their taxes…

  • moistclump@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    This made me laugh out loud to the point I finally actually supported Beaverton financially. I don’t ever want to lose Canadian satire.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b1c12be8-1249-4ce0-80ce-0da561c8ea43.jpeg

  • model_tar_gz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    The Onion on point as ever; I actually thought this was not only plausible but actually happening. For a moment, until I noticed the address.

  • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    6 months ago

    I can get an X3 for $5000.

    The perception of wealth is not wealth, the people who are the problem have people to drive them.

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      First of all, where the fuck can you find any functional vehicle in the U.S. for $5000? And secondly, where the fuck can you find any functional vehicle in the U.S. for $5000?

      • Sethayy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        First off this is Canada.

        Second off I’m not the other commenter nor know shit about cars so the first point is really all I got

        • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          And second of all, this def isn’t Canada, I’ve never even been too Canada.

          And second second of all, isn’t X3 a low~mid tier car in Canada?

      • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Australia, and our dollar is worth less than yours. Theres 4 of them on Facebook marketplace right now for $5k within 50km of me. Around 08 models with relatively High kms.

        Its not a status symbol its a low to mid range car.