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    PBO schätzt, dass der neue Lebensmittelrabatt des Bundes 12,4 Milliarden US-Dollar kosten wird


    PBO schätzt, dass der neue Lebensmittelrabatt des Bundes 12,4 Milliarden US-Dollar kosten wird

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grocery-rebate-cost-9.7070547

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    1. Altruism7 on

      The Pbo 2025 report says a basic income can be applied if other social supports would be cut to implement the program (combined together), resulting in a net cost to the federal government of between $3.6 billion and $5 billion of new annual spending, depending on the exact model and family definition.

      https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guaranteed-basic-income-poverty-rates-costs-1.7462902

      The PBO in this report estimates the one-time payment will cost more than $3 billion this year, while the annual increases will cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion annually through to 2031. This should mean we’re $1.7 billion to $3.1 billion away in annual spending now with this new measure to have a basic income program based off the PBO 2025 model  (assuming it will be permeant in five years). 

      Probably one of the trickiest issue for people to grasp but the PBO 2025 report does make the claim it’s possible by changing existing social programs which explains the lower cost that people often miss. 

    2. hippiechan on

      So I’m gonna go ahead and say this isn’t how we deal with grocery affordability for a couple of reasons:

      First, the issue with grocery prices is that they are too expensive at the point of sale, whereas a tax rebate is not a point-of-sale policy. This is the exact same reason why the Carbon Tax was so unpopular despite giving most households a net positive return at the end of the year – it increased the price at the pump and that’s what people see on a regular basis, but they only see the money they save once when they pay taxes. I imagine this policy will not make people feel as though they’re getting anything for the same reason.

      Second, given the fact that the federal government hasn’t increased business taxes on companies such as the ones gouging Canadians for all they’re worth, this is a policy that funds the rebate largely via household taxes. It doesn’t do anything to put any degree of oversight on companies that are gouging people, and as a result it doesn’t really solve any problems, only addresses symptoms of those problems, and even then not for everyone who needs it. (This rebate will not likely yield a surplus for for middle earning households which are also hit by higher costs).

      It feels as though guys like Galen Weston are just getting away with it again – they gouge Canadians for food while they fatten their own pockets, all the government can conceive of is to make tax paying households foot the bill for the redistribution, and the problem continues.

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