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Originally Posted by korzym
Basic living expenses go up, do wages even keep up with inflation? Smart plan...raise taxes in the middle of an economy thats lagging.
They should really do away with some high school programs, and introduce personal finance and economics classes.
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Uh, it depends on what falls under the umbrella of taxable items and services in a potential provincial sales tax. GST isn't applied to groceries and other staple things. I would expect the same of a provincial sales tax. Tax those that can spend.
All taxes hurt, I don't mind hurting a bit more myself, I'm not a slave to the all mighty dollar. I wathced my parents go bankrupt as a teenager and swore I'd never get into that situation, and I haven't. I believe in a socially just society. It's all philosophical in the end, and your a right wing ideologue.
I tend to put myself in the middle where I believe in a socially responsible free enterprise democracy.
The idea that corporations and business are given as many legal rights as individuals is at the core of what's skewed our perspectives on life.
You, however, would probably call me a pinko-commie socialist.