Politicians are always promising to cut taxes. But is cutting taxes always a good thing? What do our taxes actually pay for?
In this explainer video, our community liaison and resident policy geek, Reframe, answers some common questions about everyone’s least favourite and most mentioned political topic: taxes.
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