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Originally Posted by Slava
Well amongst the many things that bother about the carbon tax is that the whole thing is built on estimates that someone somewhere has the figures for, and knows probably don't work out. I'm just going by what I've seen on the news, but its something like $350 cost for a family per year, and then 66% of the families are going to get a rebate for $375. So we already know its costing more than people are putting in. But the thing is that you can't just give out cheques willy-nilly...so someone has to collect the funds and administer the program. Is it crazy to suggest that this would cost $100-150/cheque by the time you set-up a system, hire staff and all that stuff? Don't forget the office space, benefits and business cards for these people. So the amount of money going in right off the bat is less than what's being advertised.
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The rebates are a means-testing program so it piggybacks off the income tax system, so implementation costs of the rebates will be tiny.