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- From: bross@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian Ross)
- Subject: Re: Liberal Party Tax Policy
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.173406.3253@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Brock University
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:34:06 GMT
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- yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
- : Nuke me for placing this in can.general. I wish there was a line like
- : Follow-up: can.politics,soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.new-zealand.
- :
- : Facts:
- :
- : - The GST has caused caused inflation to soar. According to Stats Can, the
- : GST was responsible for a 1.6% increase in the CPI in Jan 1991. Consequently,
- : the implementation of the GST was in direct conflict with the government's own
- : inflation target.
-
- What inflation? Isn't the current rate something < 4%? It's been that way
- for the past few years.
-
- : - cross-border shopping has increased.
-
- Not recently.
-
- : Explicit Liberal Position:
- :
- : -Replace the GST with a fair Tax
- :
- : - Tax Reform on 5 principles:
- : 1. Fairness - The burden of paying taxes should be based on the ability
- : to pay
- : 2. Simplicity - The tax systm should be made easier to understand and
- : comply with.
- : 3. Integrated - Tax reform should NOT be undertaken in isolatin from
- : provincial and municipal tax refrom.
- : 4. Visibility - Canadians have a right to know how much tax they are
- : paying and to which level of governement
- : 5. Revenue Neutrality - Tax reform should be undertaken for the purpose
- : of making the tax system fairer,
- : not as a guise for raising taxes
-
- Instead of citing vacuous general principles to which any political party
- can give lip service, why not give some hard figures?
-
- [ Actually, the reason for the perpetual Liberal silence is clear:
- Cretin simply refuses to take a hard stance on any issue, for fear
- of ambushing their election prospects. ]
-
- : Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
- : (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
- : God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
- : Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
-
- What was your birth weight and length? We need to know.
-
- --
- Brian Ross
- bross@sandcastle.cosc.brocku.ca
-