XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 08/04/2010 10:07 PM, Roedy Green wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   HST and GST is on stuff that it wasn't before.  Tax grab.  More taxes   
   will result.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   There reason governemnt loves a sales tax is it gets you every time.   
   Rich, no tax like that in Panama yaht club.   
      
   --   
   Liberal-statism is an addiction to other peoples money.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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