XPost: bc.politics, van.general, vic.general   
   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   Cøns=40%govt wrote:   
   > Opinion - The Daily News -  Wednesday, June 15, 2011   
   >   
   >   
   > HST forces 'little guys' to bail out B.C. business   
   >   
   > I, too, was at the HST forum at Vancouver Island University and agree   
   > with Anne Judson's assessment of it and share her frustration.   
   > The biggest disappointment, to me, was that only about 100 citizens   
   > were interested enough to attend. Sad.   
   >   
   > Second were chartered accountant Woody Hayes and professor Kevin   
   > Milligan representing the Smart Tax Alliance.   
   >   
   > Both stressed their credentials ( "believe us, we're smarter than   
   > you") and that they were 'facts and figures guys,' not there to   
   > address the politics of the tax. How do you separate a new tax from   
   > the politics that spawned it?   
   > Hayes opened by stating that his submission was totally based on the   
   > governments promised cut HST to 10% (by 2014) which he apparently   
   > considered 100% credible, good as gold. What planet does Hayes live   
   > on?   
   > Given that grievously false premise everything he said from then on   
   > was a complete waste of my time. A struggling government floating a   
   > promise about a 'good' coming three years hence if we'd only believe   
   > and trust in themtoday? Mr. Hayes, Ihavea soon-to-be-built (trust me)   
   > bridge, I'm sure you'd be interested in buying stock in.   
   > Reminds me of the time Jim Flaherty similarly promised, "We will not   
   > tax Income Trusts."   
   > HST is really simple. It's like the bailouts of the mega banks and   
   > auto industry recently. You, little guy, are being asked to pay for   
   > either the inefficiency, the greed, or the corruption -- or parts of   
   > all three -- of business, big and small, the friends of the   
   > provincial liberals and their philosophy.   
   > We get the government and the politics we ask for and deserve.   
      
   I think I am getting the government that you deserve. ;-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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