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a <a@thisisnotmyrealemail.com> wrote in
news:xyWrm.45183$PH1.44404@edtnps82:

> Tegger wrote:

>>
>> But it's not technically entirely a "sales tax". The OP lives in the
>> Canadian province of Ontario.
>
> Point of order! Nova Scotia. ;0)




I sit corrected.

Ontario is scheduled to have an HST as of next April or something like
that. The new HST means all sorts of stuff (services, specifically) that's
currently exempt from the sales tax will be roped into the new HST.

Tyrant McGuinty will probably lose his job over it too. I hope.



>
> The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is administered by the federal
> government and applies to all goods and services with some exceptions.
> It combines the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5 per cent and
> Nova Scotia's "value-added" tax of 8 per cent.
>
> Quotes around "value-added" are mine.
>



So NS has a provincial value-added tax and not a sales tax? Then you have a
/double/ value-added tax! The federal GST is officially also a value-added
tax.

Time for a Tea Party, I say.


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Tegger

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Tegger wrote:

> Ontario is scheduled to have an HST as of next April or something like
> that. The new HST means all sorts of stuff (services, specifically) that's
> currently exempt from the sales tax will be roped into the new HST.
>
> Tyrant McGuinty will probably lose his job over it too. I hope.

I sure hope so too. I still can't believe that the Ontario electorate was
so unbelievably stupid to re-elect him in 2007 after all the crap he pulled
during his first term.

Eternal Searcher (eternalsearcherREMOVE7219@yahoo.ca) writes:
> Tegger wrote:
>
>> Ontario is scheduled to have an HST as of next April or something like
>> that. The new HST means all sorts of stuff (services, specifically) that's
>> currently exempt from the sales tax will be roped into the new HST.
>>
>> Tyrant McGuinty will probably lose his job over it too. I hope.
>
> I sure hope so too. I still can't believe that the Ontario electorate was
> so unbelievably stupid to re-elect him in 2007 after all the crap he pulled
> during his first term.


The Hair-ball Skeleton Tax (AKA Harmonized Sales Tax, HST) is scheduled to
be puked on Ontarians July 1/2010 (if it's legislated).

8% more on gasoline, heat, electricity, labour, etc.... this is what the
people of the Province Of Ontario get when Premier Dalton Mcguinty starts
barfing-up all those kittens he ate. Empty pockets and furry bones all
over the place.

bv521@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Micheal C. Jordan) wrote in
news:h8ror6$9rr$1@theodyn.ncf.ca:

> Eternal Searcher (eternalsearcherREMOVE7219@yahoo.ca) writes:
>> Tegger wrote:
>>
>>> Ontario is scheduled to have an HST as of next April or something
>>> like that. The new HST means all sorts of stuff (services,
>>> specifically) that's currently exempt from the sales tax will be
>>> roped into the new HST.
>>>
>>> Tyrant McGuinty will probably lose his job over it too. I hope.
>>
>> I sure hope so too. I still can't believe that the Ontario
>> electorate was so unbelievably stupid to re-elect him in 2007 after
>> all the crap he pulled during his first term.



I know why. There was no opposition.

I'm hoping this Hudak guy will at least have a brain, unlike John Tory, who
literally couldn't think of even /one/ thing McGuinty did that he disagreed
with, when interviewed by the National Post during the last election.



>
>
> The Hair-ball Skeleton Tax (AKA Harmonized Sales Tax, HST) is
> scheduled to be puked on Ontarians July 1/2010 (if it's legislated).
>
> 8% more on gasoline, heat, electricity, labour, etc....




The labor part is the worst. Your tax bill will increase dramatically as
labor becomes subject to sales tax. For example, these things are currently
exempt from PST for their service portion: tax preparing services,
hairdressing, auto repair, plumbers, electricians, lawn care... the list
goes on and on.




> this is what
> the people of the Province Of Ontario get when Premier Dalton Mcguinty
> starts barfing-up all those kittens he ate. Empty pockets and furry
> bones all over the place.
>


Tyrant McGuinty never met a regulation he didn't love, or a tax he didn't
love (but would never actually call a "tax").


--
Tegger

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>
>
> That "free" health care is awfully expensive.
>
> Taxes that go towards health care are a BIG reason Canada's standard of
> living is 75% that of the US.
>
>
> --
> Tegger
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
> www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

When I'm behind the wheel of my Honda, I'm thinking my standard of living is
pretty damn good.

Tegger wrote:

>
> Taxes that go towards health care are a BIG reason Canada's standard of
> living is 75% that of the US.


The rest is "waste, fraud and abuse", anyway...