XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: see_website@mindprod.com.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:45:16 -0700, "cognomen@domus.ca"   
    wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said   
   :   
      
   >   
   >VICTORIA - A small army of canvassers amassed by former premier Bill Vander   
   Zalm hit the   
   >streets across the province Tuesday, armed with a petition aimed at killing   
   B.C.'s   
   >controversial 12 per cent harmonized sales tax.   
      
   The tax is 5% + 7% = 12% now. The HST will be 12%.  I don't see what   
   the fuss is about.  All that changes is some fine adjustments in just   
   what is taxable.   
      
   The one nice thing about sales tax is even rich bastards with clever   
   tax lawyers still pay it. It is a hard tax to weasel out of.  It taxes   
   CONSUMPTION -- what you suck out the general pool of goods.  It seems   
   to me a rich guy who blows his money on champagne and yachts should   
   pay more tax that a rich guy who lends out his money to others to   
   create businesses.   
      
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