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Originally Posted by edn88
And I have to agree - if you have to have a PST and a GST, then having a HST is really the smart thing to do. BC - if you hate your HST so much, get rid of your PST - ie. stop spending so much public money!
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It's not that people hate the HST and refuse to give it a chance. It is the fact that at election time when people voted Liberal, we were told "We are not planning to switch to an HST at all." Then days after the election, "Hey guys, we're switching over to an HST!"
The Liberals have done that kind of thing too many times over the past ten years, and really should not have been re-elected last time because of it. The Liberals' saving grace has been how un-politically savvy Carol James is. She is a testament to how bad the NDP and their leadership is to get into power. A leader with even half a brain and a small modicum of charisma would have been in power for 8 years now.
Any other leader and I'd say the Liberals are gone next election. Carol James will find a way to turn this into a loss, which is sad.
Edit- Case in point. If she was smart, she'd be immediately pointing out how Campbell stepping down does not change anything and how the Liberals are merely changing their face in hopes of making people forget.
Instead she acts like she just won the election. She's terrible. Soooo terrible.
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Originally Posted by Pinner
All the economists say the HST is a good tax that will improve business investment etc. but the public just absolutely hate Campbell for this tax.
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You can't blatantly lie and expect people to be okay with it. Not in politics.