Oh, you think there's a local factory in Toronto stamping out transistors. Cute.
"Shop local, I buy Canadian grown food at Loblaws!"
Sorry, did you just say you bought food picked by exploited foreign workers in Canada, from a billionaire owned chain?
Folks lecturing me to shop local.
I do 95% of my vegan, ethically sourced grocery from 2 places where I know the owners by name.
I eat at restos in my hood over 12x/week.
I buy computer stuff from big companies.
Now, let's hear about the mug you bought locally in the summer.
Toronto and Vancouver has been killing local businesses for year, because of its addition to inflating land value.
I've been documenting commercial closures for years. It's not cost effective for businesses that don't deal in high volume luxury. You're just noticing now.
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Capitalism was designed for one tax – a property tax.
The average person thinks taxing high incomes makes more sense, and rich folks are happy you think that... because it doesn't.
Quick thread on why income taxes should be low, and property taxes should be high.
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2/ Adam Smith argued land is a natural monopoly. As people earn more money, the rents of the land scale.
No additional productivity was created on the land, but additional productivity created by the user was leached by the land's lord.
3/ If wages grow faster than the annual rate of property taxes, extra income is captured for non-productive purposes.
This creates incentive to hoard, and it also creates incentive to do literally nothing with the land. This is called land banking. Buy, hold, and pay low fees.
Holy shit. I didn’t realize why so many people are fine with a vaccine coming whenever it comes.
You selfish dummies think it’s about you getting a vaccine, and don’t realize it’s about healthcare workers getting vaccinated first.
I'm also realizing you think me stating the UK delivering 800k vaccines is a criticism of Canada, when I didn't mention Canada at all – your insecurities just kicked in and you took offense for some reason.