XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: rmck@yatestownbc.com   
      
   "Canuck57"  wrote in message   
   news:JHPvn.49857$iu2.28608@newsfe15.iad...   
   > On 09/04/2010 8:42 AM, Robert MacKenzie wrote:   
   >> "Roedy Green"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ql9tr5lc88frrq7uqiedqljdv7jil2l5rj@4ax.com...   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> What about a guy who through hard work and donates a part of his earnings   
   >> to   
   >> charity and yet still buys a 22' boat to enjoy on weekends?   
   >   
   > Better work harder, need to pay the HST too.   
      
   If I want it, paying out the HST isn't going to bother me. I would have had   
   to pay a combination of GST and Provincial anyway.   
      
   >   
   >> Seems to be a bit of slagging of those who work very hard. Not everyone   
   >> who   
   >> is rich spends money on champagne and yachts.   
   >   
   > Especially in Canada.   
      
      
      
   >   
   >> VanderZalm is technically fighting a federal law. The HST is administred   
   >> by   
   >> the federal government who will take over sales tax from BC.   
   >   
   > Federal law enables the province to do it.  Nothing from stopping the   
   > province not to do it.   
      
   True, but it's now in the NDP court to handle. The HST legislation wil pass   
   and the next opportunity to get rid of it   
   is 2015. Should the NDP become government, they'll have to remove it   
   entirely otherwise they will look like   
   hypocrities and idiots which isn't new for them.   
      
      
      
   > Know that the Boston Tea Party and Magnata Carta happened for a whole lot   
   > less taxes than we pay today.   
      
   Boston Tea Party was in Massachusettes, not in Canada. Much of the Magna   
   Carta was rescinded in the late 1800s. The UK has a stronger   
   VAT is 17.5%.   
      
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