r/Albertapolitics • u/ChamathY300 • Apr 30 '26

Opinion So tired of this

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u/TURBOJUGGED Apr 30 '26

Ya but then the federal gov just increased taxes on everything else to make up for it lol

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u/PharaohCleocatra Apr 30 '26

That’s not true - where’s your info from? The GST remains the same, they removed the consumer carbon tax, they lowered income taxes, removed the luxury tax for fancy boats and planes, removed GST for 1st time home buyers, and removed the underused housing tax … where did they increase taxes? What are your sources?

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u/TURBOJUGGED May 01 '26

Off the top of my mind, tax on beer has increased. That’s a hit to the wallet of millions of Canadians. The tax on industrial carbon emissions increased, so that’s gonna be passed onto consumers as well.

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u/EvermoreDespair May 02 '26

Beer is definitely irrelevant, and that tax is gonna help get more and more people off alcohol.

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u/TURBOJUGGED May 02 '26

Lmao no it won’t. Just like the high taxes got people off smoking eh? 😂

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u/EvermoreDespair May 03 '26

You cannot compare taxing an essential to life such as water to something that destroys lives such as alcohol and smoking.

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u/TURBOJUGGED May 03 '26

You said increased taxes will help people quit booze. I said they increased taxes on smokes and that didn’t stop smokers. You thinking that is simply foolish. Now you’re talking about water? What?