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Wealthy Canadians announce BMW X3 convoy to protest capital gains tax hike

www.thebeaverton.com Wealthy Canadians announce BMW X3 convoy to protest capital gains tax hike

OTTAWA – Wealthy Canadians have begun a ‘Freegains convoy’ to Ottawa in their BMW X3s in protest of the government’s plan to raise the inclusion rate on annual capital gains in excess of $250,000.00 dollars. “Not since the city of Toronto tried to build affordable housing in Rosedale has our communi...

Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

www.thebeaverton.com /2024/06/wealthy-canadians-announce-bmw-x3-convoy-to-protest-capital-gains-tax-hike/

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Not a blinker in the group, sudden lane changes, tailgating; what else?
- Park-anywhere hazard lights.

Poor people would join in
People don't understand taxes, they were talking about it on the radio yesterday and people who make less than 50k/year think this will increase their taxes...

This made me laugh out loud to the point I finally actually supported Beaverton financially. I don’t ever want to lose Canadian satire.

The Beaverton rocks. This is great!

The Onion on point as ever; I actually thought this was not only plausible but actually happening. For a moment, until I noticed the address.

Guys the Beaverton is the Canadian version of the Onion.

I can get an X3 for $5000.
The perception of wealth is not wealth, the people who are the problem have people to drive them.
- First of all, where the fuck can you find any functional vehicle in the U.S. for $5000? And secondly, where the fuck can you find any functional vehicle in the U.S. for $5000?
  
  First off this is Canada.
  Second off I'm not the other commenter nor know shit about cars so the first point is really all I got
  
  Australia, and our dollar is worth less than yours. Theres 4 of them on Facebook marketplace right now for $5k within 50km of me. Around 08 models with relatively High kms.
  Its not a status symbol its a low to mid range car.

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