• Jerkface (any/all)
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    5 days ago

    Well, fuck. That’s income I could have really used. This negatively affects people living in poverty the most, and benefits the affluent the most. This better come paired with some kind of financial break for low income earners.

    I feel like this signals that Carney is willing to cast aside his principles and throw uninvolved people under the bus so that he can meet his priority goals. Ie, getting ignorant swing voters on his side. This is a blatant campaign move that should have been an election promise, not a unilateral decision.

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      5 days ago

      He is trying to keep PP from getting any raise in the polls.

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      5 days ago

      Sadly, most people are idiots and don’t realise it benefits them.

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      His stated goal is to replace it with something similar but with better branding.

      Consider that this effectively kills 90% of PP’s campaign rhetoric, and that if PP were to be elected, you’d lose the tax anyway without a replacement.