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   Canuck57 to Robert MacKenzie   
   Re: Vander Zalm's army on march against    
   11 Apr 10 12:18:13   
   
   XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 11/04/2010 12:08 PM, Robert MacKenzie wrote:   
   > "Canuck57"  wrote in message   
   > news:gs7wn.248383$Dv7.52608@newsfe17.iad...   
   >> On 10/04/2010 2:54 PM, Robert MacKenzie wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> You know in advance they will be hypocrits with so many excuses, more   
   >> excuses than there are mosquitos in June.   
   >>   
   >> So why vote for the same old?  Look up the last 30 years of broken   
   >> promises and scandles?  Look at the real-estate deals...   
   >>   
   >> Can you tell me they will be any better?   
   >>   
   >> Mind you, at least you have a choice of which two names will screw you   
   >> next.  (Lib/NDP).   
   >>   
   >>>> 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 Carta was rescinded in the late 1800s.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%.   
   >>   
   >> Yep.  We need a Tea Party on our own governments.   
   >   
   > Tea Party is sooo American, and the current so-called "Tea Party" down there   
   > is run by tin pot hatters.   
   >   
   > Get back some   
   >> control.  Passive voting for NDP/Lib or Cons isn't going to cut it.   
   >> Support a grass root movement local party or independent.  Someone not in   
   >> the big boys pocket with the golden handshake types.   
   >   
   > Not going to happen. Best way is to work within the major parties to effect   
   > change. VanderZalm did it to Social Credit, and Iggy is   
   > now doing it to the Liberals.   
   >   
   > VanderZalm was definately in favour of the grassroots. He fed the grassroots   
   > members alot of fertilizer.   
      
   Never said it will happen, just that it should.  People in Canada are   
   pathetic sheeples to the parties.  Never understood how a herd of   
   buffalo could so easily be coaxed into jumping off a cliff until I   
   examined how Caandian voters vote.   
      
      
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