I went thru the list. I think I would be better off if the HST had stayed. There are only a few things that affect me that dropped to 5% (Tim Hortons and haircuts) but the cheque I was getting (govt bribe) was way more than 7% on this stuff.

I look at all the stuff where I’m paying a total of 12% and I could have been paying 11% on all this stuff since July 1st if the HST had stayed. I would be further ahead paying 11% on everything instead of 5% on coffee and haircuts and 12% on everything else.

They should have put a list like this out before we voted and showed what the changes would be. The special interest groups had so much hype going that you didn’t know what to believe. For example I didn’t know diapers were 7% cheaper under HST.

gitterdun,

There was a list circulated before the vote. I guess it missed you. I saw it. That’s too bad, maybe if others had seen it, the vote would have changed.

gitterdun. The tax was not put in for people on low income. They in fact get the rebate of $230.00 per year for a single person to offset the cost of the tax.

The tax was to collect money from those people who buy many or all of the items listed in the attachment. That’s where the money comes from.

Now that the HST is gone, you will no longer get the rebate, however you will no longer have to pay taxes on your haircuts, or Tim Hortons, and other things you purchase, so you should p

gitterdun. The tax was not put in for people on low income. They in fact get the rebate of $230.00 per year for a single person to offset the cost of the tax.

The tax was to collect money from those people who buy many or all of the items listed in the attachment. That’s where the money comes from.

Now that the HST is gone, you will no longer get the rebate, however you will no longer have to pay taxes on your haircuts, or Tim Hortons, and other things you purchase, so you should pay about the same as you paid before the HST.

Have a nice day.

You would have to spend about $3300 on the listed items to make up for the $230 rebate. That’s a lot of Timmy’s and haircuts.

Remember when the HST referendum propaganda machine was in full swing? Palupo used to say that the HST cost individuals $3000 per year. I wish I had that kind of disposal income lol. My how times change… I do not believe that this referendum would pass now that most people have seen what this tax really was. The only thing left are a few diehards to bleat, trying to convince themselves that they didn’t screw up by voting the HST out.

JohnnyBelt.

You make it sound like a big number. Fact of the matter is a $230.00 rebate amounts to 63 Cents per day.

And at the end of the day we listened to that phony demagogue Vanderzalm – the change is negative to small businesses like mine, and small business is the driver of the economy. And if you think things are bad now, just wait – if Dix and crew gete elected. Please people, vote with your head and not your emotions.

Palopu, read gitterdun’s first paragraph again. The ‘amount per day’ is irrelevant.

None of this matters, though. At the end of the day, the HST is gone. History will correctly show that the Liberals botched the implementation of the HST badly.

It was a good idea, but communicated in the worst possible way. Many people couldn’t see past that, so here we sit.

The jobs that the HST was supposed to create, are people gonna lose them?

Save on my haircut? Not likely. Businesses that charged a “tax included” price, like my barber, aren’t changing their prices to reflect the new change.

Oh well, he’s a good guy so I’m not worried. :)

Headline wasn’t quite long enough. It should have read “April First, Don’t be Fooled By Another 6 Weeks of Liberal Propaganda Desperately Seeking Another 5 Years of Lying, Cheating, Burgeoning Debt, Blatant Disregard for Public Assets, and Padding Friends’ Pockets with Ridiculous Contracts and Salaries and Bonuses That Most British Columbians can Only Dream About to Reward Gross Mismanagement”

1fast: “Businesses that charged a “tax included” price, like my barber, aren’t changing their prices to reflect the new change.”

So they’re just pocketing the extra 7%. Wanna bet that all businesses with a similar pricing scheme will be doing the same thing?

GST, HST, PST they are are all BSTaxes ! One way or the other the government is going to get it ! Taxes never go back ! I have never minded paying taxes for services, but it is annoying to continually read how elected officials waddle up to the taxpayers trough……regardless of the party as they are all the same !

I’d rather my barber pocket the extra 7% than the bozos in Victoria getting it so they can give money to Bollywood parties.

With the recent passing of former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, this week Albertans will be paying tribute to this “man of the people”!

Here is BC, we have Christy Clark wanting to re-elected as our Premier. We have Adrian Dix salivating at the prospect of becoming our next Premier. We also have John Cummings who is jut out there being John Cummings

As I fondly remember Ralph Klein, I can’t help but think that today is April Fool’s Day and here is BC we are certainly more than capable of being fooled! Christy , Adrian or John? That’s the best that we can do?

Haircut prices have not gone down, guess that means the resident wingnut will be heading to Alberta for the next trim…to heck with the cost of gas, it is a matter of principle.

Global just ran a preview of the NDP’s new commercial. Absolutely hilarious. No matter which side of the fence you’re on, its funny. (Spice Girls hahaha)

Yea release a funny ad, any excuse to avoid releasing the platform for the coming election. Dix has been the invisible man for weeks and for good reason as he is way further left than anything this province has seen before.

Hang on the your wallets come June as they will become the Dix ATM.

And just what is the Liberal platform ? Chinese foreign workers ? LNG ? Promised weekly scandals ?

As usual the supporters of the HST continue to downplay the actual cost to consumers.

I have said from the get go that this tax could cost you anywhere from $1200.00 to $3000.00 depending on your expenditures. Of course very few people keep track of their expenditures, let alone what they pay in additional taxes because of the HST, however they still seem to be (through some sort of osmosis) experts on the subject.

My breakfast at a local restaurant just dropped in price for a savings of $1.20 each time I have it. Even having breakfast once a week produces a savings of $62.40 per year. One coffee per day saves approx. ten cents, or $36.50 per year, and basic cable saves you $37.63 per year, for total savings of $136.55, and we have hardly scratched the surface.

Don’t be fooled by the HST supporters, they are the ones who benefited from the tax. Those who opposed it stand to have significant savings.

Well it’s gone and that is the main thing…would be nice to put the PST to bed also….

I am always suprised when I hear someone say the NDP will be soooo bad…we should vote B.C.Liberals again…they would be better.
That defies all logic.
We know what the B.C.Liberals have done to this province and we should just ignore all that?
The smell of B.C.Rail still lingers in the air…it will until we know the truth.
We saw the rot and the lies of the HST that was rammed down our throats…to serve themselves.
We know about the millions in tax dollars they have wasted, and we know about the tax dollars they are still wasting, trying to get re-elected.
We know this government cares nothing about the little guys…they are owned by the wealthy and the corporations.
We know about the manipulation and the love of favours in exchange for corporate donations and support…at our expense.
How can any logical mind swallow their pride and re-elect a government that we know is capable of lies,trickery,and the constant drive to suck more money out of our pockets.
Usually to serve themselves.
We know they are accountable for nothing…nor do they care.
We may be dumb sometimes,but we are not idiots.
Any province that would re-elect this government is indeed a province of fools,unless of course they are driven by the same low moral standards that the B.C.Liberals are driven by.
We now what they have done to B.C.in 3 terms.
What would they do to us with a 4th.term?

“I have said from the get go that this tax could cost you anywhere from $1200.00 to $3000.00 depending on your expenditures.”

Who’s fooling who? For that to be true, you would have to be spending anywhere from about $18K – $44K on expenditures that were newly subject to the HST. Most of everything everyone buys will be no difference, they will just be paying 12% PST/GST instead of 12% HST.

I don’t own a business, and I wouldn’t have benefitted from the HST. I can however see the forest for the trees.

Palopu, as one of the “HST supporters” that benefited from the HST, I can honestly tell you that our business has not been better than in the last few years. Can’t attribute all of that to the HST but it certainly helped. We hired one more employee and have given raises (twice last year). The “HST Supporters” weren’t just keeping all that money to themselves.

Day of mourning at our local Chamber of Commerce? It is to laff.

No more HST on Chamber of Commerce memberships?

“Don’t be fooled by the HST supporters, they are the ones who benefited from the tax. Those who opposed it stand to have significant savings”

Exactly!

If the HST brought in an extra 2.4 $billion, then every man, woman, and child would have paid an extra $600.00.

You are pretty close to the truth on that statement my2bits. The annual savings to business and corporations because of the HST are approx. $1.6 Billion per year. Add the amount that the Government got (approx. 800 Million per year) and Walla. the cost to consumers amounts to $2.2 Billion. Divided by roughly 4 Million people in BC and you have approx. 400 dollars per person per year. Some will pay much more and some much less, however rest assured they would pa

Hart Guy says, “Here is BC, we have Christy Clark wanting to re-elected as our Premier”

Wouldn’t she have to have been elected once in order to be re-elected?

“Hang on the your wallets come June as they will become the Dix ATM.”

So how is that any different than a Campbell/Clark ATM?