CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 28 days agoCarney government to temporarily suspend federal gas tax starting next weekwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days ago Price climbs reflecting global demand governments cut tax to reduce inflation People do not adjust habits, gasoline shortage continues price climbs government has no levers, and has no gas tax revenue. Winning! Better options: immediate work from home for all federal employees and strong guidance for employers/tax breaks for wfh increase funding of public transit expansions land development guidance supporting walkable neighborhoods rebate packages for farmers
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·28 days agoYou’re supposed to only lightly nudge the markets. These heavy-handed approaches you propose sound like communism. /s
minus-squareReannlegge@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·28 days agoYou are talking as if a banker knows this stuff, wait what he should? Well damn!
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·28 days ago* When there’s no spare/idle capacity to produce more
Winning!
Better options:
You’re supposed to only lightly nudge the markets. These heavy-handed approaches you propose sound like communism.
/s
You are talking as if a banker knows this stuff, wait what he should? Well damn!
* When there’s no spare/idle capacity to produce more