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Canada's wealth gap: Why is it off the political agenda?
The wealth gap continues to grow in Canada. Rapidly. Why does it continue to be left out of the political conversation?
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Canada's rapidly growing wealth gap remains off the political agenda. Why?
The Onion magazine suggests we should consider the gap between rich and poor the Eighth Wonder of the World -- "a tremendous, millennia-old expanse that fills us with both wonder and humility … the most colossal and enduring of mankind's creations."
Another aspect of the rich-poor gap that has always filled me with wonder is how the rich manage to keep it off the political agenda.
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May 14, 2014 |
A report from OECD says we cannot reduce income inequality without the wealthy paying more tax because tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations have contributed to the increase in income inequality.
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