Im just glad I live in Alberta so I dont have to pay PST on top of GST, sometimes living here is pretty great. The oil industry is always booming here in calgary and out local economy is doing pretty good, but as far as canada is concerned we dont exist cuz we are west of ontario.

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what's the GST guys?

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Originally posted by trancegirl79 what's the GST guys?

8 percent right now I think.

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GST means The Goods and Services Tax

aka: The Gouge and Steal Tax

Personally, I think higher taxation for more social benefits is a good thing, but I'm a leftist...

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Originally posted by DARK MAN X IM CURIOUS, WHY DO YOU THINK WE WOULD BE WORSE OFF?

Because you'd be living under a puritan theocracy.

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Yeah, taxes suck and all but heh... you gotta deal with it. like we all do..

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Originally posted by JohnSmith well.. i agree that the GST going up would suck. but PLEASE, PLEASE don't say you want the US to take over.. that would be a million times worse, trust me. i'd gladly play 50cents on the dollar in tax for canada to remain seperate from the US

ah c'mon now JohnSmith, the USA isn't all that bad is it now??? haha..USA take over Canada...-USA's beginning of world domination

>JM<

You people react TOO QUICKLY.......the story was that a MONTREAL newspaper heard that the liberals WERE CONSIDERING IT!....not going to make it law, not going to do it. Just discussion..not law......remember the hell that broke loose when they put the Goods and Service Tax to 7%. Calm down, no america is needed in canada...(i'm dual citzen) and canada is fine as is. Move to alberta...there is no pst.....so then it would only 10% (even if they brought it in)

if GST is what i think it is you should all quit bitching in denmark we pay 25% to taxes on anything we buy.

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Originally posted by Juricimo ah c'mon now JohnSmith, the USA isn't all that bad is it now??? haha..USA take over Canada...-USA's beginning of world domination >JM<

yeah, it is that bad. america is trying to take us over, as well as the whole world, under organizations with names like the WTO, the United Nations, NATO, etc.

world domination is the clear goal of the USA.

now, it's really not as bad as when germany tried to do it, at least the USA is not killing people that get in it's way. oh wait, it did, that was afghanistan. well, at least it's not preparing to "premptively attack in self defense" sovereign countries that they disagree with. oh wait, they are that's iraq.

i have no problem with americans as a whole, or even america itself. it's the insistence that EVERYONE be like americans that pisses me off.

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Originally posted by Munken if GST is what i think it is you should all quit bitching in denmark we pay 25% to taxes on anything we buy.

ouch.

ok, heres the facts:

reports by La Presse state that Ottawa was considering raising the GST to 10 per cent to help fund health care. The Finance Ministry and the prime minister denied the report.

now, this would increase our tax on stuff to 18%.

if you ask me that is just stupid, dont they get enough money when they take 50% of your paycheck for income tax?

They should really be more focused on how tax money is spent. They waste so much its unbelievable.