XPost: bc.politics, can.politics   
   From: none@present.com   
      
   "Dave Smith"  wrote in message news:nC6gw.660606$_k.434998@fx16.iad...   
      
   > The other fact is that KKKaren is too dense to realize that HST was a   
   > revenue boon to the federal and provincial governments.  There were a   
   > number of items that were subject to either provincial or to federal sales   
   > tax. Under the HST, they became subject to both.   
      
   Everything subject to HST was already subject to the GST; anything that   
   wasn't subject to the PST that got the full HST rate was the choice of the   
   province.   
      
   Ontario saved a tonne on administrative charges related to maintaining a   
   separate sales tax system.   
      
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