tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post6249810952962525598..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: 400,000 British Columbians sign Fight HST petition to stop Harmonized Sales Tax!Bill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-5566720332258648852010-05-15T06:43:12.675-07:002010-05-15T06:43:12.675-07:00What's so bad about the HST?
@ Anonymous 12:2...<b>What's so bad about the HST?</b><br /><br />@ Anonymous 12:22 AM - Everybody has to pay taxes, that is not in dispute.<br /><br />The BC Liberals deliberately mislead the electorate last year by emphatically and specifically denying that they were considering a HUGE fundamental shift in basic tax policy - they lied.<br /><br />The HST shifts $2 BILLION per year in taxes from business to consumers.<br /><br />The HST is supported by those who advocate for trickle-down VOODOO economics.<br /><br />10 months after announcing the HST and more than a year after secretly starting the HST process: The BC Liberal have now released a "woefully incomplete and misleading" <a href="http://billtieleman.blogspot.com/2010/05/bc-liberals-finally-come-up-with-wait.html" rel="nofollow">list</a> of goods and services that will be hit by the HST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-53440725392165108232010-05-15T00:22:54.165-07:002010-05-15T00:22:54.165-07:00what's so bad about the HST?
on the wikipedia ...what's so bad about the HST?<br />on the wikipedia page about HST, it states that it's actually revenue-neutral and it's a more efficient tax system... There's studies from the leading economists and stuff... I don't know much, but it looks to me like the anit-HST groups are full of hot air and don't really understand how HST works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-86761212927083329922010-05-14T21:58:34.175-07:002010-05-14T21:58:34.175-07:00The BC Liberal government did a Friday afternoon d...The BC Liberal government did a Friday afternoon document dump with a list of "<b>What’s Taxable under the HST and What’s Not?</b>"<br /><br />The document properties show that it was created shortly after 1pm on Friday May 15, 2010 - over 10 months after announcing the HST.<br /><br /><a href="https://hst.blog.gov.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/GST_PST_HST_List.pdf" rel="nofollow">.PDF / 125 KB / 12 pages</a><br /><br />-----<br /><br />for comparison:<br />here is Ontario's <a href="http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/taxchange/taxable.html" rel="nofollow">list</a><br /><br />here is what the BC anti-HST group has on their <a href="http://fighthst.com/revised-hst-hit-list-2010/" rel="nofollow">site</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-44125827326304443552010-05-11T19:51:23.408-07:002010-05-11T19:51:23.408-07:00Why are we packing up the numbers beyond 15% in so...Why are we packing up the numbers beyond 15% in some ridings?? Once the 15% is finished, time to move the efforts to nearby ones.<br /><br />But is this all worth the effort?<br /><br />The BC Liberals won't get rid of the HST, and neither will the NDP if they become government.<br /><br />Seems noble at the start, but VanderZalm is going a bit over the top.<br /><br />Also a recall requires 40% of the registered voters in order to exist. Can't use the canvasser list as new canvassers will have to be signed up. Using the anti-HST sheets to start a recall movement is a bit foolish and might not be allowed, since those sheets are for the anti-HST movement only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-22073218131405609922010-05-11T09:56:35.848-07:002010-05-11T09:56:35.848-07:00Where the heck is Gordo? Did he dig himself a hole...Where the heck is Gordo? Did he dig himself a hole?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-90240936601679079672010-05-11T09:36:08.620-07:002010-05-11T09:36:08.620-07:00Just imagine 10% of these citizens, 40,000 marchin...Just imagine 10% of these citizens, 40,000 marching north on Granville on a Saturday afternoon!<br /><br />At that point it would be pretty hard for Pammy Botox and Peg Leg Bill to not report on it. Vaughn and Keith would report on it but downsize the crowd to about 400 and say no one was motivated.<br /><br />So keep signing them up but don't forget large and angry crowds and BC Liberal business boycotts would also send a message, if not now then before Labour Day.<br /><br />The GREAT SATANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com