Quotes
“The B.C. Liberals are the government which launched a thousand public consultations, task forces and roundtables. Why can they decide on a major tax shift without so much as a public survey, but can’t decide what to do about the forestry crisis without months of roundtable discussions?”
“Nobody knows what next year's priority will be for this government, as it seems to have no core principles. It thinks nothing about bringing in a massive tax shift which increases the tax burden for consumers while reducing it for big business, its largest financial contributors.
“This is a government bereft of direction and is relying on corporate friends to discover which way to turn.”
“You know, Campbell continues to trot out this line, 'It wasn't on our radar' — right? Colin Hansen uses the same talking point. That's their excuse for breaking their election promise. It's weasel words, Jon, all weasel words.”
“Oh, and when the federal Conservatives first contemplated implementing a national tax, they were going to called it the ‘BST’ but thought that ‘BS’ would be a bad choice because it has other implications. Any thoughts on what ‘HS’ could stand for?"
“Based on what I've seen, Mr. Campbell appears to be a 'big corporations man' who does not care about ordinary people or the environment.”
“The answer: ‘The single biggest thing that we can do to stimulate the economy in 2001.’
“The question: What is lower taxes?
And I'll take ‘Taxes’ for $400, Gordon.
“The answer: ‘The single biggest thing that we can do to stimulate the economy in 2009.’
“The question: What is raise taxes?”
“Are the B.C. Liberals lousy liars or do they believe the public is simply a huge vat of gullibility?
“…The issue here is less about paying more taxes and more about being hoodwinked time and again by this government.
“The B.C. Liberals lied about having no intention of selling B.C. Rail. The party lied about not tearing up health care contracts.
“And the Grits have lied to us again about tax harmonization.”
“In Vancouver, where the average new home sold for $896,792 this year, those lucky enough to afford one paid out $60,775 in taxes.
“That included $44,480 in GST and $15,936 in Property Transfer Tax.
“Under the harmonized sales tax that kicks in on July 1, 2010, John and Mary's tax bill will rise to a whopping $107,615 --more than $45,000 in extra taxes.”
- September 8, 2010
- September 7, 2010