Subscript5676 ( @Subscript5676@lemmy.ca ) English4•7 days agoWe’re in a trade war.
But let’s reduce income taxes so that the government gets less money to run long-underfunded public services, maintain long-ignored public infrastructure, and fight the war. Oh, did we forget about the promise of some amount of financial support to people affected by the trade war.
Yeah, that makes sense.
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humanspiral ( @humanspiral@lemmy.ca ) 3•7 days agoSo right. US is an enemy, and destroying its economy is necessary for it to reconsider.
Right direction is more centralized assistance to our economy and people. UBI with higher taxes has always been only humanist path to escape warmongering, and colonialism. Wasting money on Arctic defense systems or Ukraine proxy war on Russia is shameful. Fine, some effort to get closer to EU can happen for a few weeks, but it can’t be our only strategy. Diplomacy with China should start now.
60d ( @60d@lemmy.ca ) English2•7 days agoHelping a country defend itself is not a proxy war, it’s foundational to being Canadian.
humanspiral ( @humanspiral@lemmy.ca ) 1•7 days agoUS led propaganda that led you to believe this, is time to deprioritize. Ukraine, and definitely actions harming non hateful Ukrainians, definitely not foundational to most Canadians.