• Beaver@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    We almost made it to 2%. Why is it so hard for the liberal government to tax the rich more to get there and properly support our soldiers and Ukraine.

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      8 months ago

      I just spent two and a half weeks in Alberta and I don’t know how many times people just randomly brought up Canada wasting money in Ukraine, and when asked about it they had nothing to say past ‘we should spend money on people that need it!’.

      Fuck I hate that province.

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      8 months ago

      We have plans to triple our budget in the next 5 or so years to… 1.7% we have really dropped the ball. Our forces are a joke. I’m still not sure the f-35s we bought can even operate in our artic, where we need them the most.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      To be fair, given what happens when Canadians get violent it’s probably better for the rest of the world if we don’t spend more on our military. They’re dangerous enough already.

      And I say this as someone who’s married to one of them.

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      8 months ago

      Since you added “liberal”, do you think the Conservatives are going to increase taxes to the rich?

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          7 months ago

          I do, I’m in NDP and Green country.

          But in my experience they are much less likely to take any opportunity to jab with “liberal” or “Trudeau” every time it fits in a sentence. Unlike Poilievre who uses it like the high schooler they all act like.