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A prominent Canadian technology investor joined the chorus of Canadian businesses criticizing the increase to the capital-gains tax. Read on

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Thinking more about this: the gap between the rich and the poor is the highest it's been since 1920, and it's increasing every day, and the investor class as done very, very well with no end to the party in sight.

And they somehow think they don't haveenough yet? That they're entitled to even more? That even a small impediment on the path to oligarchy is unacceptable?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

The line HAS to go up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The attitude shifted 40 ago to seeing the rest of us as merely holders of their money. It's just taken a generation for the idea to fully take root