Comments on: Most in B.C. not fooled into believing HST good for them

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:49:41 +0000

As a senior, the government makes it impossible for me to help myself. I had bought a small amount of RRSP’s,to pay insurances, taxes and the like. Problem is, the government takes 20% off the top, before you even get the money. You then have to add the RRSP’s you took out, to your income, you then, get taxed all the harder. Being on a small fixed income, the RRSP’s are useless to me. So, I had to get rid of my car, gas and insurance were too costly. You can’t even use your emergency RRSP fund, I can’t afford to. The CRA staff can’t stay on top of all the tax grabs. There is an ever increasing number of people, fuming and fighting, with the CRA. There has been corruption in their ranks, so no-one trusts them anymore than they do,corrupt governing officials. It would be to much to ask, for fair taxation, to stop the corruption. Canada’s politicians, do not keep the oaths they make. Canada’s constitutions are no more.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:37:58 +0000

It is true that, between Harper’s bribes and Iggy’s threats, to Liberal MLA’s, and such, if they vote no, to the HST, they will be be made to suffer for doing so. I thought, bribery and threats, would be extortion, perhaps that only applies to the common folks. You hear of, criminals using extortion,threats, and bribery. When caught, these criminals do time. I haven’t got a lick of respect for any governing officials, in this country. Perhaps, Iggy, Harpo and Gordo, should be kicked off the planet, it would, mean, our country would be a better place. That would, perhaps give pause, to other officials to stop their corruption.

What I am wondering, if, what I read is true. Canada, Mexico and the USA, will be one state. Identical: currency, health care, education, and so on. We would be called, The North American Union. I was shocked to learn, that, this plan, has been worked on for decades. But it all fits, citizens, are having all their rights taken away, and we are forced into, more and more taxes, shoved down our throats. The government does dictate to we peons. I can’t find one person, that, trusts, governing officials.

All our young boys, in the service, during WW11, fought and got blown to bits, so Canada, would be safe from a dictatorship, have died for nothing. Canada, is becoming fascist, and our rights are, disappearing very quickly.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:26:59 +0000

I must be out for lunch. I thought the HST in BC, was a done deal. It was my understanding that Harper bribed the provinces to push the HST through? Harper and his henchman Campbell, had no thought or\care, what this stupid tax would do to people. By Campbell’s past performance, we expected the worst of him. And, we were told by Harper, he did not want the HST, so I guess, Harper lies like Campbell. This is like Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, all rolled into one.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:05:46 +0000

It seems, if you are a senior, you get taken every time you turn around. Even though, we are under the level of poverty, we have the government after us for income tax as well, we seniors have few tax write offs. So, a senior living on their own, and no spouse to share expenses with, means, we lose our homes, when the HST comes in. Instead of the government cleaning up the corruption in their ranks, they just hit us with more taxes, to pay for more and more corruption bills. This is what I understand now. Don’t expect the best of our government, you will be further along, if you expect the worst. They play their silly little juvenile games and think we don’t see through them. We have had many years of practice, seeing devious and underhanded and lying officials, to believe any of them.

By: kerry nakonechny

kerry nakonechny — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:37:15 +0000

this proposed tax increase will not help the province but it will increase the coffers in victoria due to charging tax on items that are now not pst’d
it will place more on the unemployment lines and social service linup because of the increase of spending will make ppl spend less then the snowball effect will come into play.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:00:19 +0000

The first reason Campbell is bringing the HST in to play, is because Harper bribed Campbell to do so. Remember this, Campbell only does things that will bring him personal gain. Such as the BCR, selling our rivers, bribing the Haisla Band not to hold up the sale of our hydro to his business friends. Child poverty does nothing for his personal gain, so, that he ignores. Raising the lowest minimum wage in the entire country, also would not benefit him personally, that is also ignored. He doesn’t give a dam if, the HST is going to cause seniors and low income families to be homeless. He will be a billionaire from everything he has stolen from the citizens of BC. And he is full of, you know what. There will be no savings for the consumer because of the HST