• halvar@lemy.lol
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    22 hours ago

    Why do we pay taxes before we pay for rent? If the government won’t provide housing at least they could be nice and not ask for their cut before we get that done.

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      10 hours ago

      At the best of times, the government doesnt really care about people, its especially true with this current iteration of crooks and fascists.

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      13 hours ago

      In Canada at least rent payments are tax deductible so you’ll get all tax paid on those monies back