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- From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
- Subject: Re: Transit Levy on BC-Hydro Bills
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.061620.6455@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <1d947tINN4j3@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <L7TVTB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 06:16:20 GMT
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- In article <L7TVTB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes:
- >leon@unixg.ubc.ca (Leon ter Beek) writes:
- >
- >>
- >> There is a monthly levy of about $1.90 on everyones Hydro bill to
- >> subsidize the BC Transit System.
- >> Although, I don't mind contributing to public transit, I feel this levy
- >> is not equally sharred by all BC residents (one levy per household).
- >> Does anyone know why this levy is on the Hydro bill and not incorporated
- >> in some tax?
- >>
- >> Leon
- >
- >It's NOT on everyone's Hydro bill, only everyone in the lower mainland.
- >It's done to raise money from residents of the lower mainland, who after
- >all, are the prime 'beneficiaries' of the transit system, not residents
- >elsewhere in the province who don't even have a transit system.
- >Presumably it raises more money, and spreads the cost wider than a
- >straight property tax.
- >
-
- I don't use the transit system, how am I a prime beneficiary?
-
- Let's make a deal: I'll agree to pay the full share of road costs for
- my driving, if transit users pay for the full cost of their transit
- use. I won't face having to pay any more money though, because gasoline
- taxes make up for at least 50% of the price of gas, and gas taxes already
- raise exorbitant amounts of revenue for the government.
-
- >
- >Robert Smits Ladysmith B.C. emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
- >--------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they
- >want, and deserve to get it good and hard. - H.L. Mencken|
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