From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 16/03/2010 10:53 AM, Alan Bowler wrote:   
   > On 3/15/2010 9:14 PM, Canuck57 wrote:   
   >> Governments want to shift taxation to sales taxes anyway.   
   >   
   > It is not entirely clear that all governments want this.   
   > Shifting from progressive income taxes to consumption (sales)   
   > taxes is however one of the key tenets of so-called   
   > "conservative" economic theory. It is supposed to encourage   
   > more saving and investment.   
   >   
   > The "left-wing" is more likely to argue that it is   
   > just a way to shift the tax burden off the richest   
   > to the lower income earners.   
      
   Government doesn't care, they screw us both.  Because there isn't enough   
   rich to keep Ottawa going for a day.  Unless by rich you mean a person   
   isn't in debt and has a job.   
      
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   Politicians don't provide anything, the tax payers do.   
      
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