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[โ€“] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Income tax in Canada, where I live, is already 15-33%.

It's already horribly mis-spent. If it went up, I'm pretty sure the country would riot.

[โ€“] trailing9@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

That's why politicians won't implement UBI. But you can do, as a private person. Other countries pay much more taxes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#/media/File%3APayroll_and_income_tax_by_country.png