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Re:The U.S. Housing Market vs. the Canadian Housing Market by bawolff on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:19PM (#37451268)
> Taxes on unearned income (i.e. income from simply owning something) have eased over time relative to taxes on earned income (i.e. income from actual productive activity).

Over what time period? Canada didn't even have capital gains taxes pre 1972.

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Re:The U.S. Housing Market vs. the Canadian Housing Market by Tiktaalik on Sunday September 10, 2023 @01:29PM (#37458009)
Looking a bit more recently, after Canada added capital gains taxes, Chretien cut the inclusion rate by 50%.
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