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Originally Posted by Slava
Even so it sounds like election posturing. Say I pay the $750 as in my example above, add $1000 for healthcare. Now according to that $2500 I have to add $750 in taxes through booze and gas. To add $100 that's 2500 litres of gas. How many people need even that much a year? That's not the average and that would still leave you short by $650.
Its not just crazy joe here though, I've seen this number bandied about by one particular party as well, and I'm just wondering how they arrived at it.
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It may be a bit of an exaggeration but I don't think its to far out of line. I still think they would have been better to just go with a PST. At least business would end up paying some of it, so it would be a tax on everyone, not just citizens. Plus I'd rather be taxed on purchases than earnings, gives me a chance to save it before getting taxed.