• Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.caOP
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    5 days ago

    I’m sorry, 5k a year? When the legislation is actually taxing people that make 200k+ a year at an additional $192/year.

    At $250,000 the increase would be about $1,192, and at $1.5 million about $36,192.

    Your claim of 5k additional taxes, then you’re claiming you make about 440k/annual. So current take home is 20,700/month. After new legislation take home would be 20,300/month.

    That type of salary puts you in the top 0.5% of income tax filers in Canada. You, allegedly, make more than 99.5% of tax filing Canadians and you don’t want to pay an extra $400/month in tax?

    I’m doubting the veracity of what you’re saying.

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      5 days ago

      Fake person is fake. They even said BC is bankrupt. What a maroon, a buffoon even.

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      5 days ago

      I dont much care of you dont believe me, but thats the truth.

      Learn a skill. Start a business doing said skill.

      • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.caOP
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        5 days ago

        My friend, it’s not like it bring true even helps your argument. You’re not the victim. You’re the rich person who doesn’t want to marginally pay their fair share.

        If you’re worried about that 400/month then you should skip your daily Starbucks matcha latte and avocado toast. Budgeting really helps.

        New anonymous accounts spouting conservative rhetoric while saying they voted NDP in the past (all during elections) does not exactly instill trust in what you say.

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          5 days ago

          I don’t expect you to agree with me. I’m merely explaining that this campaign promise of the NDPs has affected my vote. And it’s so funny… my conservative friends call me a liberal shill. The (what appears to so far be somewhat of an intolerant) cesspool here claims I spout conservative rhetoric. In reality, I’m a left leaning centrist who thinks he pays enough in taxes. I know, go figure.

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            5 days ago

            Hopefully you won’t make the relatively small extra taxation the thing that keeps you from voting NDP. There are so many other issues we could try to find common ground on. But if it does, well, that’s your absolute right in a democracy.

          • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.caOP
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            4 days ago

            We live in a democracy (a flawed one, unfortunately). But it’s your prerogative to vote as you deem suitable and I apologize if I’ve come off harshly - you can see that many people have strong feelings due to how much everyone is currently struggling.

            If you feel that a nominal tax increase is your single issue line in the sand, then you do you. Just worth keeping in mind how taxes serve the entire community and that the BC NDP have reduced the balance massively (the opposite of bankrupting). Also worth keeping in mind the many examples of people advocating for less tax, like just south of us, and the mentality/society that follows versus Europe (with way higher taxes and progressive brackets) and their mentality/society.

            I’ve lived in many provinces, BC being one of them, and I’ve noted that people in BC take the social and governmental services for granted; where other provinces just give you the finger for those same things.