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I dont much care of you dont believe me, but thats the truth.
Learn a skill. Start a business doing said skill.
My friend, it's not like it bring true even helps your argument. You're not the victim. You're the rich person who doesn't want to marginally pay their fair share.
If you're worried about that 400/month then you should skip your daily Starbucks matcha latte and avocado toast. Budgeting really helps.
New anonymous accounts spouting conservative rhetoric while saying they voted NDP in the past (all during elections) does not exactly instill trust in what you say.
I don't expect you to agree with me. I'm merely explaining that this campaign promise of the NDPs has affected my vote. And it's so funny... my conservative friends call me a liberal shill. The (what appears to so far be somewhat of an intolerant) cesspool here claims I spout conservative rhetoric. In reality, I'm a left leaning centrist who thinks he pays enough in taxes. I know, go figure.
Hopefully you won't make the relatively small extra taxation the thing that keeps you from voting NDP. There are so many other issues we could try to find common ground on. But if it does, well, that's your absolute right in a democracy.
We live in a democracy (a flawed one, unfortunately). But it's your prerogative to vote as you deem suitable and I apologize if I've come off harshly - you can see that many people have strong feelings due to how much everyone is currently struggling.
If you feel that a nominal tax increase is your single issue line in the sand, then you do you. Just worth keeping in mind how taxes serve the entire community and that the BC NDP have reduced the balance massively (the opposite of bankrupting). Also worth keeping in mind the many examples of people advocating for less tax, like just south of us, and the mentality/society that follows versus Europe (with way higher taxes and progressive brackets) and their mentality/society.
I've lived in many provinces, BC being one of them, and I've noted that people in BC take the social and governmental services for granted; where other provinces just give you the finger for those same things.