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   "Alan Baggett"  wrote in message   
   news:e3e5d275-7717-47fc-a68d-d7a8a68bb972@i2g2000vbv.googlegroups.com...   
   Economists say Ottawa should tax food   
      
   02/25/2012 | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press   
      
   Two of Canada's leading economists want Ottawa to reopen one of the   
   hottest issues of the last two decades by expanding the GST to include   
   food in grocery stores.   
      
   The two economists — Michael Smart of the University of Toronto and   
   Jack Mintz, head of the School of Public Policy at the University of   
   Calgary — say the way Canadian governments collect sales taxes is   
   among the most inefficient in the advanced world.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   How nice.  I guess their income levels and tax exemptions allow them to foist   
   this kind of shit   
   onto taxpayers.   
   No question in my mind that these two are 'tools' of Harper & Co - being used   
   to test the   
   response of Canadians to still another tax from the Tories.   
      
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