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Originally Posted by #-3
The thing is in Calgary, a Computer, a Car or extra money to register in sports are not nice to haves they are needs if you want to raise your family in a healthy, active, and learning environment,
Anyone holding down a full time job should be able to provide these, a home, clothing, food, and probably a little bit of entertainment for themselves for themselves and 1 dependent.
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I have to disagree with the list of needs that you've provided. I can see a car being a need, but I think there are ways to get around it. A computer is definitely not a need as far as I'm concerned, and extra money to play sports in order to keep kids active certainly is not. There's all sorts of things you can do to stay active that don't require you to spend any money. It all boils down to people's definition of 'need', and how they are willing to acquire those needs.
With the exemptions to things that are truly needs (such as food items and the like), I really fail to see how a consumption tax would be more punitive to the poor than the rich. Of course, I'm far from an expert in such matters.