Originally Posted by
werner.reiche
The tax the 1% rhetoric is just BS spewed by people who don't want to look at the real problem.
The liberals tried that after their 2015 election win and it resulted in a net loss in the amount of income tax collected.
Two problems with it:
- The 1% have enough tools at there disposal to avoid taxation.
- The 1% is too small of group - despite their wealth - to fund the entire country.
What the liberals are studying now is applying capital gains taxes to primary residence sales.
That is going to raise a lot of money, and it should also help cool off the housing market.