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Originally Posted by drunkrussian
There are income taxes at the end of the year which take into account my income. There are also taxes which are charged for certain items because analysis was done that I should be paying more or less for those items. There are also fees, also based on income and other factors, for things such as gasoline or liquor, which are indirect ways of taxing people and generating revenue.
The HST charges every person of every income, for every good they buy, all the time. I don't need to read anymore about this to know that this is not fair.
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First of all, this is false: as with all other taxes, there are exemptions.
Second, the vast majority of items you bought before already had the SAME level of tax on them (5% GST + 7% PST). There are a RELATIVELY SMALL number of items that were charged GST and were PST-exempt before, that you now pay an extra 7% on. One thing that's also overlooked is that anything that had PST but no GST before... now has no HST.
Third, a consumption tax is ultimately more fair than an income tax: you buy something, you pay; you don't buy, you don't pay. Buy something cheaper, pay less tax. Go ballin', pay more tax.
Income taxes ding you whether you're buying things or not.