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Originally Posted by #-3
I would also argue that before any pst we should be looking at a much more robust and stratified income tax, if you can't afford to least tax at the average level for income than you have no place hitting low income people with regressive sales taxes. And I would say a decent sized hospitality tax too before the pat, it might not be as big, but at least that would create revenue from outside for the province, instead of just shuffling money around.
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I'm with you. I really liked the Federal NDP's proposal to cut GST from basic household goods. They had tax cuts for up to "Two parents each earning $150,000" and then tax increases when you get up to 2 incomes making $300,000 each and above.
GST and PST hits low income families harder. As a society we are better served making the rich pay more, especially as their earning are accelerating away from the average at a faster and faster rate.