Recent measures announced by the provincial government are not designed to help workers. Very few workers will benefit from them.
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Capitalism is making the pandemic worse
If there’s one thing that’s become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that neoliberal economic policies have failed our societies.
I discovered that among all 18 Alberta cities, Lethbridge has the highest property taxes.
Not only is Lethbridge tied for the lowest paid workers in the province, but workers here are paid $1,000 per month less than the average of all Alberta cities.
People who oppose the Lethbridge supervised consumption site care more about ideology than they do facts.
The majority of workers in Lethbridge can’t afford the average cost of rent.
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Tax breaks don’t help the poor
Tax breaks, top ups, matching funds—none of them help poor people because they all require poor people first spending money they don’t have.
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Billionaires should not exist
Billionaires steal money from workers, then they hoard the money, which keeps that money from circulating in the economy.
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Tax cuts are job cuts: a running total
In this article, I will keep a running total of the number of public sector job losses in Alberta.
Yesterday, someone wrote a letter to the editor of the Lethbridge Herald. This person is dealing with drug addiction and was providing some insight from that perspective on the benefits of the supervised consumption site, as well as addressing some myths. Naturally, the online version of the letter received negative feedback, many with the same, […]