Does that mean I get a $22 refund? It cost me $55 to get a new dog tag this last December.

..and don’t forget that even with all these increased rates / user fees, our city taxes and utility bills are still going up.

Makes you wonder just where all this extra money is going..

Why Thanks! Sherri Green – your efforts to ‘save’ me money has been a raging success – NOT!

Guess what, prices and rates are not going down any time soon. Better get used to it.

And we are not unique in PG with this situation. Cities and towns everywhere are raising fees and rates to try and make themselves sustainable.

DAMM. Forgot about that business liscence for my one and only rental unit. Maybe forget about it for a while and will leave me alone (nice dreaming).

“Cities and towns everywhere are raising fees and rates to try and make themselves sustainable.”
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Let me know when they succeed.

Don’t forget the other little morsels of tax/fee goodness…

MSP went up as of today. If you make over $48K/year, your EI premium went up, due to the exemption threshold increase. For those of us here on the Wet Coast, the Port Mann Bridge went from $1.50 to $3.00 per crossing.

ICBC still wants their increase, as does BC Hydro.

Happy New Year.

After all of the above increases plus property tax increases it is no surprise that the Sally Ann and some other organizations did not reach the required donations this year. Tax increases hurt seniors twice, in the cost of increases and the diminishing services provided by the non profits.

Yup. Life is expensive.

You are right JohnnyB especially when the people handling your tax dollars can’t seem to manage it very well so they keep asking for more. I guess the best way to protest these clowns is to move out of the city limits so you don’t get sick to your stomach every time you get your ever increasing property tax and utility bills. The streets are in a shamefull mess. It’s going to be hard to scrape off 4 inches of solid ice from the side streets.

All we need down my street is a couple of more home owners to buy snowblowers. It gets 80% cleared now so a couple of more should do it.

Your right NoWay. More and more people are clearing the streets themselves, rather than waiting for those we pay to do the job.

Perhaps JohnnyBelt. (The authority on volunteerism) could get some of his volunteer’s together and do a few streets themselves. That way the snow clearing crews could stay inside and warm until spring.

Its not that life is expensive, its that incompetent people are expensive to have on a payroll. (Especially Managers)

“Yup. Life is expensive.” The perfect message for all those kids and people living in poverty in our province.

Not that they already know!

Freezing rain been falling for a while now. Is there a snow blower attachment for that ? Maybe an app ?

If Life is expensive, what happens if you can’t afford it?

Did we learn nothing from Soylent Green and Logan’s Run?

;)

May 2014 be a better year for Palopu, who can’t seem to post anything without attacking me or my views in some way.

As far as life being expensive, I don’t think this should be a surprise to anyone. I heard it’s cheaper to live in Mexico or Costa Rica or other such countries. How’s their social safety net?

How is our social safety net JohnnyB? I guess you can it is better until you need it. Then you might be better off in Mexico if you have the money. Even Cuba if you have the money. Cheaper in the good ole US of A too! You might agree and say just don’t get sick. Well don’t get sick here either the system is stressed. Too many people in the hospital that don’t really need to be there. Here is a good example. I know someone who took their 2 yr old to emergency when the last nurses strike was on. Blood tests warranted the little one a night in the hospital. He was the only child in the children’s ward! The only one!!! Where did all the other sick kids go? I’m sure if they needed to be there they would of been more kids there that night! But empty except one? Really? Too many people abuse our system.

Render unto Caesar. Remember that phrase? Got enough to eat and a warm bed? Half the world doesn’t have that. Count yer blessings. At least those two anyway. Whine, whine ,whine.