[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

Aww man, I would, but it's SO expensive to get there

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

Holy shit the end of that story makes it so much better hahahahah

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

Well, that'd be the second best thing after throwing them all into a volcano, I guess

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago

Hating people never leads to logical outcomes. I'd rather accept that they've been somewhat brainwashed and battle against it, than hate my neighbour.

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

End the capital-gains exemption for principal residences. It’s even more untouchable than OAS. It’s also more economically harmful and inequitable.

It pumps up housing prices and pushes more and more national wealth into housing. It’s dumb economics, plus the tax break only goes to the two-thirds of families who own a home. And the richer you are, and the more home you own, the bigger the tax break. It adds up to a hyper-regressive policy to make Canada less productive.

Eh, I'm going to punt this one because it's an asset that most people want to own, but housing is a necessity as well.*

I'm going to counter with:

  • no non-human ownership of single family homes, no trusts, no corps, no foundations, etc.
  • no interest cost deductions against rental income for landlords
  • 50% of rental payments can be deducted against income for renters

That way one perk of personal, principal home ownership is still there, but at the same time fucking landlords can piss right off, and renters get a major tax-reducing benefit to boost net income for what are usually lower income earners too.

As policy it's incomplete, but I think as ideas it at least will level the playing field a little bit.

*Edit: Okay how about this: a lifetime principal residence capital gains exemption of...I dunno, $500k? Just thinking about the regressive comment where wealthier folks own bigger and more expensive homes, and this would target those hogs and leave the vast majority of normal Canadians untouched. And maybe incentivize people to not own a goddamn ugly-ass cookie-cutter McMansion, leading to a teensy bit more densification. Or at least leave more greenspace on a standard lot.

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

LOL, this dude's been lucky enough to never read a strategically worded political poll apparently.

All polls are inherently biased in their wording. Almost no poll-makers are non-partisan, and the people most likely to complete polls are often the most biased.

Statistics baybeee! They'll tell you whatever you want if you structure your intake datum properly!

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

Is the logic that at least that way they can be formally disbarred?

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

You leave corvids out of this!

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Bah, that's a double-decker butter sandwich.

A toast sandwich is a piece of dry toast between two other pieces of bread, toasted or otherwise.

Savages.

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

The CPC disliked that

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Its landlords - so non-principal residences - and invested in real estate as in ownership of REITs or private real estate corporations.

So, nothing at all to do with principal residences, which is pretty amazingly clear when you click the link and read the article.

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

As far as I'm aware, Polar is the most privacy-friendly smart watch company.

However, I don't think you can sync the data to a private server.

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