i got a receipt from this place and it still said 7 % tax~! I mentioned it to me and then they gave me a free pack of gum~! lol chew those taxes away folks!

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Classic GST line heard


Here's your coffee sir....and oh...I almost forgot your 1 penny change. Enjoy your GST TAX CUT SIR

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Originally posted by b4k-oz Classic GST line heard Here's your coffee sir....and oh...I almost forgot your 1 penny change. Enjoy your GST TAX CUT SIR

yep, exactly

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Originally posted by b4k-oz Classic GST line heard Here's your coffee sir....and oh...I almost forgot your 1 penny change. Enjoy your GST TAX CUT SIR

what a joke.

Take my penny and fix our public healthcare.

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Originally posted by Matt what a joke. Take my penny and fix our public healthcare.

that will require a lot more than just money. Why cant people understand this fact?

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" Winston Churchill

‎"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill

^^^ yeah, for sure...

but what are they saying this stupid 1% cut will do...put 9 billion "into the pockets of Canadians" or some figure like that?

big f'n deal. per capita it's a lot...but it's so ridiculously disporportionate to those who consume more.

IMHO, that 9 billion could do a a lot more good if the gov't used it to fund useful programs or apply it directly against our debt (I'd find it fascinating to see a study that compared the long-term impact of applying the current 1% and future 2% cuts in GST to the debt each year instead of cutting the GST vs. reducing the GST)

targetted tax cuts/incentives would have been far better, IMHO...but of course wouldn't sound as good come election time.

I can confidently say that I would be happy to forfeit my 1% GST savings if the gov't put that money to better use.

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Originally posted by MarkT I can confidently say that I would be happy to forfeit my 1% GST savings if the gov't put that money to better use.

You and your friends should get together and donate your tax savings to a cause you care about.

In the meantime, stop confiscating other people's money!

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I'd love to see an organized initiative on the part of charties to encourage people to do that...it's a great idea...they could release some sort of basic calculation on what the average middle to upper income earner will save and ask them to donate that sum to charity.

personally, rather than a cut in GST, I'd rather see income tax cuts, incentives, threshold changes, etc.

Then people can decide to do with their increased take-home earnings...save/invest or increase their spending...rather than the gov't decidind that we have to spend to realize savings.

does that make sense? savings at the source > savings at the register?

again, I'll use my example that a guy buying a luxery car doesn't need to save 1%...when you can target tax cuts/incentives towards the lower and middle classes, it benefits those who more need tax relief.

but what sounds better to voters come election time..."we upped the threshold of the 2nd tier income tax bracket by x dollars!" or "we cut the GST by 1%!"

few, including myself, will actively *complain* about a GST cut...I just think they could have been more productive about it if they're willing to forgo that much tax revenue (and even more when it's cut a further 1%)

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Originally posted by MarkT I can confidently say that I would be happy to forfeit my 1% GST savings if the gov't put that money to better use.

good then put your money where your mouth is and donate it to charity...

otherwise i dont believe u

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" Winston Churchill

‎"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill

^^^ LOL

Tell you what...over the next year, I'll donate ~$500 to various charities and post the freakin' receipts for you That should more than cover 1% in GST that I can expect to save on goods and services.

if a referendum was held on whether or not the GST would be cut, I swear on my own life that I would have voted against it in favour of putting an equivalent sum to another use (such as debt pay down, targeted income tax relief, or a wortwhile program...hell, even a well thought out and executed national day care program which I will never personally make use of myself or at least more than the pathetic $1200 the CPC is "showering" upon parents of young children!)

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker You don't have to pay GST on the purchase price of a used residential home.

sweet! but i still have to pay G.S.T on real estate fees.
150 dollar savings! w00t!