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Canada’s luxury tax on planes, cars yielded over $900M. Now it’s been scaled back (www.ctvnews.ca)

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[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 22 points 2 weeks ago

I say anyone with more than $10m in worth cannot vote or run for office.

[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed. And maybe it also shouldn't be someone's first job out of school.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Young people's decisions will affect them longer than old people.

I'd rather an age cap than an age minimum.

[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Although my own comment was more about slowing the roll of people who go into politics as a career choice from the get-go (red flag imo), there are arguments for having both minimum and maximum ages. 25-ish to 65-ish sounds reasonable. (I also think there should be baseline and follow-up tests for both empathy and cognitive capacity.

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t know about all the age rules for each position (all 18+?) but I think 25 is a good minimum age for an elected rep, higher for PM…30-35? I favor young blood in politics, but below 25… please go play and enjoy your childhood haha.