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And the consumer who desires fine French cheeses or the single mother who wants to give her children milk are less important because? If milk was cheaper there
by wbl 8y ago
And the consumer who desires fine French cheeses or the single mother who wants to give her children milk are less important because? If milk was cheaper there would be more demand for it. Of course the farmers like it.
- MAGZine 8y agoI think we could do a better job opening markets to products that we don't have here, like cheeses from around the world. I do hate when people use others as pawns in their arguments though. Are you a single mother unable to afford milk? Inevitably when it comes to talking about economics, the poor/single mothers/etc are always trotted out on stage as reason we need to cut taxes/change the way we do business.
- deskamess 8y agoThe poster is allowed to empathize with another party. However, I took would like to open the market to cheese. Let the consumer tolerate if they want to buy 'bad' cheese or, as advertised by the proponents, the 'better' Canadian cheese. Let the consumer choose.
- MAGZine 8y agoIn my experience, when it comes to market ideology and taxes, people don't argue from empathy, they argue from the pocketbook. In this case, they're arguing from _someone else's_ pocketbook. And it's not the dairy farmers pocketbook or average citizens exposed to global markets pocketbook.
- cbhl 8y ago> the single mother who wants to give her children milk are less important The Canadians thought of that too! They give parents a refundable tax credit of $5481-6496/year per kid under 18, and that's just at the federal level. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4114/canada-child-benefit.html#P161_9469 https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publi... Plus, basic groceries (like milk, bread, vegetables) and feminine hygiene products have 0% sales tax: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/charge-gst/charge-gst-hst.html https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/busines...
- deskamess 8y agoYes, but those tax credits could be stretched further if milk was cheaper.
- Scoundreller 8y agoThe smart thing would be to pocket the credit and avoid expensive milk as much as possible. Win, win!
- tenpies 8y agoAnd yet Canadians cannot even sustain their population without a massive immigration safety net. Clearly it's not as smart, exceptional, or functional from a family perspective.