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Originally Posted by #-3
Yes, that is my point. We have made value judgements, it's paternalistic.
Sales tax exceptions are paternalistic, and do not erase the regressive effects of sales taxes.
And as to my early point, rebate programs often trap the poor in debt cycles, because time is the most important thing about money.
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I guess it depends if you see the rebate as being paid out after you already paid it, or before. You could see it as "here's your extra GST money you may spend over the next 3 months." I think for the people collecting it, they actually receive more of a rebate than they spend on it, but I could have that wrong. In that case a sales tax would actually benefit them, not be a detriment. But we'd have to look for numbers on that.