• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Just recently happened in Canada. Never underestimate the stupidity of average voters and the power of propaganda.

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      2 days ago

      They were actually paying out to everyone revenue from carbon taxes, and people really still voted to get rid of them?

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        2 days ago

        People would get a set amount as their carbon rebate for the year, i think based on your previous years tax info im not 100% sure but most canadians came out making more from the rebate than they paid. The conservatives pitched the tax as anti freedom and adhering to woke climate change. Canada’s new pm Carney decided to get rid of the consumer carbon tax because he decided it was dividing canadians too much. I think an industrial carbon tax still exists.