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> The Canadian government on the one hand is trying to position Canada as an international tech leader No they're not, they're trying to keep the property bubb
by version_five 3y ago
> The Canadian government on the one hand is trying to position Canada as an international tech leader
No they're not, they're trying to keep the property bubble alive, artificially inflate gdp growth and drive down wages for the oligarchs who want to keep their fiefs. It has nothing to do with tech leadership.
- palijer 3y agoWhy would the government be incentivized to drive down wages? That seems fundamentally at odds with the concept of income and sales tax, which account for a very large portion of revenue that funds most programs.
- chowells 3y agoIn this case, "the government" actually means "rich politicians who own businesses that like paying low wages."
- AlexandrB 3y agoA senator or MP gets paid the same no matter how much taxes the government collects. The real money is in the private sector afterwards.
- red-iron-pine 3y agobecause the doners who get people elected want lower salaries to ensure their labour costs stay low.
- peteradio 3y agoThe government issues the cash they are only going to be concerned about how it gets used. Any of this "hurrdurr but the tax base" makes no sense.