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  • It's not about mandated wage increases, it's about people like you and me running or voting for representatives that will pass bills that over all decrease the gap between cost of living and income. This can be achieved through many avenues, wether through taxation, regulation, or subsidies.

    Taxing the rich will increase tax revenue that can be used to subside material costs of a house (there for decreasing building costs). Charging higher taxes for non primary residents and or corporate purchases will reduce the cost of homes, allowing those who need a roof over their head opportunity to buy, rather than tho who just wanna pad their portfolio.

    Regulating the pay gape between the highest and lowest payed employees (including stock options) will increase overall wages for all (except the few that already make more than their worth), making a 300k house affordable.

  • Affordable Housing Has Become Unaffordable to Build | The Tyee
  • It's not about mandated wage increases, it's about people like you and me running or voting for representatives that will pass bills that over all decrease the gap between cost of living and income. This can be achieved through many avenues, wether through taxation, regulation, or subsidies.

    Taxing the rich will increase tax revenue that can be used to subside material costs of a house (there for decreasing building costs). Charging higher taxes for non primary residents and or corporate purchases will reduce the cost of homes, allowing those who need a roof over their head opportunity to buy, rather than tho who just wanna pad their portfolio.

    Regulating the pay gape between the highest and lowest payed employees (including stock options) will increase overall wages for all (except the few that already make more than their worth), making a 300k house affordable.

  • Affordable Housing Has Become Unaffordable to Build | The Tyee
  • So because I don't have a skill you deem valuable I must starve and labor for the rest of my life just to survive?

    The median wage in Canada (https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers/median-wage.html) (54k /year pre taxed in ON 42k /year post tax) bairly covers basic cost of living (https://www.savvynewcanadians.com/cost-of-living-canada/) (31k /year though this could be higher based on city,and I don't know how much to trust this source, though it seems accurate based on my expenses).

    Rather than focusing on yourself, if you raise everyone else up, making living easier for all, you too will benefit from it. (Infrastructure, social security, public transportation....)

  • You’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a train
  • I think the number of bikes you'd want and be comfortable on taking long distance is a hand full.

    Where as cars you would not want for long distance are a hand full.

    Realistically the only rational reason to take a bike long distances is because you want to and enjoy it. Outside of that it's just downsides.

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