With a steady lead in the polls and a healthy war chest of political donations, the Conservative Party is rolling out a trio of new advertisements that are being viewed as aiming to redefine and soften Pierre Poilievre’s image and messaging.

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    1 year ago

    No, I’m suggesting that we tax income rather than profit on large corporations run by a dynasty of incredibly wealthy individuals as they seem to be doing a bit too well under the current system.

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      1 year ago

      A sales tax is an income tax. Whenever a grocery store sells an item, they pay 10% to the government. Are you accounting for other ways grocery stores can make money outside of sales (I’m ignorant on what those could be), or do you mean that grocery store managers (individuals) should be paying higher personal income tax?

      edit: I have learned that a sales tax is technically something the consumer pays, not the grocery store, but that seems more like semantics to me. It shouldn’t matter if you tax every individual item 10%, or the total sales number 10%, it will work out to be the same.

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        I’m not saying managers pay, I’m saying that the large chain groceries should pay before they get an opportunity to hide profits.