Mr. Zigante I will not bore you quoting a bunch of talking heads or flaky economists or even the Fraser institute which are all filled with half-truths, outright lies and just plain ignorance. First Mr. Thomson is a law student and we all know how good they are in proving black is white or white is really black. This video is nothing more than a resume for a cushy government job if and when Mr. Thompson ever finishes law school.
How about just going by everyday experience, the first colossal lie I see in Mr. Thomson’s job resume is the the statement that “The fact is that only the top 1/3 of wealthy BCers will pay more as a result of the HST” The real facts are that I am living on a small fixed pension that puts me in the very bottom of the middle income group and the HST has taken 1/20th more of my income than I paid with GST and PST or $2000.00 extra that I would not have paid under the GST-PST, as I said I am not in the high income bracket or BC is in a whole lot more trouble than I ever imagined.
It is incredibly simple, forget all the spin and BS from the government hacks and the so called experts that are well paid for their expert opinions to say what the government wants them to say, ( they are all for sale and ten to twenty million dollars can buy you a lot of favourable propaganda) the fact is this tax hits different groups harder than others Seniors or sick or handicapped people or anyone that for one reason or another can not do all the labour jobs associated with owning and running a home will get hammered with a 140 percent tax increase on labour which just cost me over $800 extra for home renovations. Families with children in school or sports have been hit hard and apparently farmers have been another group that has been hit hard. As I have said before just HST on the Registered Massage Therapy I use to control my Fibromyalgia condition is over $1000.00 per year and will only increase as treatment fees go up in the future.
The simple irrefutable fact is no matter how you spin it, the $2 billion dollar tax shift shall be paid by the 4,510,858 men, women, children, babies that inhabit BC or at least the actual wage earners that pay for each family unit or single worker.
Let's not forget the $800 million extra dollars that our revenue neutral HST has collected in less than a year, bringing a $2.8 billion hole in consumer spending for the province of BC.
Great economic strategy to get BC out of a recession, NOT.
Let's not forget the $800 million extra dollars that our revenue neutral HST has collected in less than a year, bringing a $2.8 billion hole in consumer spending for the province of BC.
Great economic strategy to get BC out of a recession, NOT.
I happen to be in two groups that are being unjustly treated with this poorly thought out tax grab. And as it always seems I just missed getting that piddly HST rebate by that much.
In defence of Mr. Vanderzalm it is hard to hit any target when it is constantly morphing and moving and changing literally by the day, when you consider the amount of lies, and misinformation and propaganda the citizens of BC are subjected to 24/7-365 days of the year I find it hard to fault anyone for reading a wrong number or quoting yesterdays story about the HST.
The citizens of BC had better stop thinking with their guts and get their brain in gear because you and your children are going to live with the results of this tax for a long time to come.
Wayne Clark
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