tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post2867541040462772983..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: The Wine Barbarian's Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival top picks!Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-49337956307403125722010-04-25T06:28:36.067-07:002010-04-25T06:28:36.067-07:00I couldn't figure it out till this morning whe...I couldn't figure it out till this morning when I was looking, once again, at you holding a glass of red wine in your grip, that I realized what was bothering me so much....... its the VAT, you know, not the keg that the wine is held in but the VAT, which is just another name for HST.<br /><br />From Wikipedia on the subject of VAT:<br />"Critics point out that it disproportionately raises taxes on middle- and low-income homes."<br /><br />Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax#Canada<br /><br />Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax#Criticisms<br /><br />And then there is "carousel fraud" and maybe this is why BC Business is so much in favour of the HST.<br /><br />Source for carousel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel_fraud#Carousel_fraud<br /><br />Now, of course, we all know that because the BC Liberals have divested themselves from being involved in collecting the PST, which is now embedded in the HST, it will be up to the Federal government to corral all the bad guys who will be in a prime position to rip off the government big time.<br /><br />Any guesses on whether the Feds will claim that the ripped off monies was the PST portion or the GST portion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com