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Rustad announced they will start with a $1500/month tax rebate for rent and mortgage, increasing each year by $500/mnth to eventually max out to $3000 per month month tax rebate on rent and mortgage.

What kind of a tax refund is NDP promising on rent and mortgage so people with jobs keep more of their own money?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You think you get to keep that money? Lol

A) Landlords will raise rents because they can, house prices will rise because banks will factor the newly available money into the amount you can afford to buy with.

B) The taxes the government gives up need to be collected elsewhere, or services will need to be slashed dramatically.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Conservatives going full-socialist? There's a catch :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

This isn't a socialist policy - in effect it just transfers wealth from the province's coffers to current land owners (who benefit from the payout a lot less than renters would).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is refunding people's money to return their own cash classed as socialism?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess it's only classed as socialism when Liberals do it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, there no form of socialism that cuts taxes and give rebates. Socialism is when government workers come take your home and they take you to your new assigned living location.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a far right Qanon guy promising riches to get elected first and explain why he can't do it later on. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/05CSeOglbs8

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which people on the right are far right and which people are not far right? What qualifies a person as far right vs simply on the right? Who is considered Qanon and who is not Qanon? What is the origin story of that label?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rustad is clearly a far right Qanon by his own words.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What characteristics or persoanl qualities would qualify such a label?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Spewing the well known Qanon lie that vaccines are used to control the people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has it been indepentantly verified that there is such an entity as Qanon? Has any statements been verified to be from an authentic Qanon source and not an imposter trying to portray Qanon accordingly?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's a cult. I've just given you an example of a cult member on video

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Was that an authenticated member?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Your link is wrong, it points to a piece on safe injection sites.

But about your text: they're so desperate to prop up real estate values that they'll run the budget into the ground with "government handouts" lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It always makes for a strong economy when the citizens have all of the money and the government is broke.