I just wish somebody would say loud and clear that the HST is part of a larger plan to reduce taxes on corporations and transfer the resulting loss of revenue on to the backs of consumers via the HST. It’s that simple. And it hurts low income people the most.
However, the media corporations, in their usual mode of business cronyism, would like consumers to be confused over the issue so they might vote against their own interests.
We hear that the public, according to some phony opinion poll, is now split 50-50 over the issue. “Maybe I should vote in favour of keeping the HST?”
Or, in the latest gambit, the HST will be reduced (guaranteed) in subsequent years. “Well, I guess it’s not so bad, then.”
So please read your ballot carefully (the wording is tricky) and vote yes to extinguish the HST.
Steve Heeren
Vernon
