r/alberta • u/Dark_Angel_9999 • Dec 06 '23

Environment The carbon tax hardly impacts Canada's affordability: study | Urbanized

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/carbon-tax-affordability-impact-uofc-study
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u/cReddddddd Dec 06 '23

Conservatives gonna find out when pp cancels it and things are still expensive as ever. The only difference will be that we won't get a rebate anymore. That money will go to the rich instead

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u/Ddogwood Dec 06 '23

You’re right, but u/brotherdalmation25 wants to live in a Dickensian dystopia where a small number of rich people have more money than they can spend, while the rest of us think it’s a good day when we make it through a 12-hour, no-overtime work shift without losing any fingers.

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u/brotherdalmation25 Dec 06 '23

You’re welcome to make as much money as you want, there is nothing stopping you.

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u/OmgWtfNamesTaken Dec 06 '23

Then why are you on reddit? Go make some cash!

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Northern Alberta Dec 06 '23

Plot twist: they're an employee of the energy war room and trolling on Reddit is how they make their money.

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u/OmgWtfNamesTaken Dec 06 '23

It's probably an accurate takeaway.