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0 pointsdismalaf1d ago0 comments

I'm aware of the current economic state.

The point is that capital holders decided doing risky things isn't worth it, so they invested in unproductive low-risk assets, then the government juiced the immigration rate, said assets rose, capital holders are making off like bandits leaving Canadians behind in a stagnant economy holding the proverbial bag...

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steve_adams_861d ago

It's those god damned boomers, man

(more so terrible policy-making, which we're still very good at doing poorly today)

dismalafOP1d ago

Who elects the policy makers?

Fact is, only ~25% of Canadians are net tax payers. The rest work for a government, are unemployed, disabled, retired, or receive more funding from the government than they put in. So yeah, it's the boomers, the government workers, unemployed, disabled, etc...

The status quo is what Canadians want. It's why anyone with ambition (ie. wants to work and/or be an entrepreneur) leaves.

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