Canada Income Inequality: Governments Effective In Softening Wage Gap, Study Says - 2 views
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Researchers at the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards looked at how much taxes and government benefits helped to even things out between the rich and the poor in Canada over the past three decades
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They found that taxes and spending have persistently dampened inequality, but not enough to stop the increase in inequality over time
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before-tax income inequality rose 19.4 per cent over three decades
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This article talks about how the government is doing very good with reducing the inequality with the tax cuts and all but that they could be more aggressive. It's suggesting that we need a new redistribution plan but mainly focuses on what it counts to be the most important thing in getting rid of the debt, the governments role in all this. Asks questions like what if the government had made different decisions.