tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post2459269865420836899..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: No room for retreat on HSTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-75746867348173851222010-06-26T14:54:22.274-07:002010-06-26T14:54:22.274-07:00What goes around, comes around.
BC Liberals will ...What goes around, comes around.<br /><br />BC Liberals will regret doing what a substantial majority of voters want not done.<br /><br />Campbell's legacy will be that of a man who disrespected democratic values and felt no shame for being untrustworthy.<br /><br />Campbell should heed the words of Cassio in Othello:<br /><br /><i>"I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!"</i>Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-41657929796419082602010-06-26T09:24:28.845-07:002010-06-26T09:24:28.845-07:00All of the whining and complaining will not change...All of the whining and complaining will not change that as of July 1st the HST is here, and it is here to stay. It’s time to suck it up and accept it like adults and move on. Even you NDPaul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-11218454134077569672010-06-26T08:25:18.494-07:002010-06-26T08:25:18.494-07:00I sure go along with Ian about the Times Colonist....I sure go along with Ian about the Times Colonist. We pay for seven days delivery but only get the paper six days a week. Asking why the monthly rate didn't go down when the extra day was cut was a total waste of time. Seems we either suck it up or drop the paper. To access other CANWEST papers on line, one needs a seven day subscription. The people running the news media sure won't lower the price but will pocket the extra dollars.<br /><br />The TC did a series on costs of HST to individuals and I'm quite sure will happily accept our money to advertise the "Great things" the HST will bring to us suckers. Companies pay reduced tax and we of course end up paying more. Great to live in BC where we spend a lot of time getting shaftedDPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-32395019474587724062010-06-26T05:09:03.519-07:002010-06-26T05:09:03.519-07:00Here's an easy test of the BC Liberal's ve...Here's an easy test of the BC Liberal's veracity. Ask your publisher how much the cost of a subscription will decline July 1st as a result of the pass-through effect. I'm betting zero despite the fact that the cost of newsprint, ink and pencils will fall 7% for the paper.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-66229273391341346742010-06-25T16:23:01.726-07:002010-06-25T16:23:01.726-07:00In a previous study for the Province of Ontario, ...In a previous study for the Province of Ontario, Jack Mintz said the HST would slow job growth:<br /><br />“These more positive results would come at the cost of a longer and deeper period of short-term loss, including, for example, an estimated reduction of just under 38,000 jobs in the second year.” (CD Howe Institute, Sep. 2008, p. 20)<br /><br />And Jack Mintz said the HST would drive down real wages:<br /><br />“After several years of somewhat higher unemployment, however, workers come to accept the real wage losses…” (CD Howe Institute, Sep. 2008, p. 9)<br /><br />Of course, Dalton McGuinty said the HST was a bad idea too:<br /><br />“Cutting corporate taxes will create more financial trouble by starving the provincial treasury of much-needed revenue, and harmonizing the sales taxes will only end up hurting consumers.” (Nov. 25, 2008)<br /><br />And also said the corporate tax cuts he now supports were a bad idea:<br /><br />“…what the Conservatives are asking us to do is to cut corporate income taxes – those are taxes on profitable corporations – by $2.3 billion…That definitely means closing hospitals, firing nurses, cutting education.” (Mar. 20, 2008)<br /><br />...that had "nothing to do" with jobs:<br /><br />“Since the last budget, Ontario has lost 30,000 jobs. We've had the slowest rate of growth in the country. Your predilection for this corporate tax cut has nothing to do with economic policy and everything to do with ideology.” (Nov. 27, 2001)<br /><br />So, why the difference for BC?Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-49517732515515754912010-06-25T16:14:01.926-07:002010-06-25T16:14:01.926-07:00Let's do some quikie math
$2 BILLION is being...Let's do some quikie math<br /><br />$2 BILLION is being transferred from business to individual British Columbians. There are about 4.5 million BCers. Let's divide $2B by 4.5m... the answer is $444.44 per PERSON.<br /><br />Fortunately I'm not a statistician, nor am I an economist... or I might be thinking my little family of four was about to get dinged more than $1700 a year to support the failed 'trickle down' theory.<br /><br />-----<br /><br /><i>"The theory is that businesses, now facing $1.9 billion less in taxes, will pass the savings on in cheaper prices".</i><br /><br />The BC Liberals are not 'eating their own dogfood' on this one. The price of booze should come down under the HST, but the BC Liberals are RAISING the wholesale price to maintain the shelf price... insane.<br /><br />-----<br /><br />The report by University of Calgary economics professor Jack Mintz has been thoroughly discredited by all those who have read it. And it would be absolutely insane to try to to do a retrospective study in 2020 to examine if 1000 jobs a month have been added to our economy over the past decade that were directly attributable the HST... INSANE.<br /><br />-----<br /><br />The British Columbians who have <i>signed</i> the anti-HST petition across this great province are even more wedded to this cause than all those who anonymously ticked a box in the last election were to theirs. This issue has united the people of this province like no other issue - even the Olympics didn't garner this level of support across the land.<br /><br />-----<br /><br />No, folks won't be happy to see the BC Liberals spend a huge undisclosed* amount of money to convince them that their signatures are worthless.<br /><br />* = The BC Liberals are notorious for mounting publicity campaigns without the embarrassment of disclosing the costs.<br /><br />-----<br /><br />The facts are that the BC Liberals - before and again during the election - absolutely denied that the HST was an issue. Three days after the election the BC Liberals were talking their federal Conservative cronies to bring in the HST. Those are the undeniable <b>FACTS</b>. We will leave aside the issue (for now) of how the BC Liberals lost $1.5 BILLION in one (1) month while they were out campaigning in the general election last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com