Gordon Campbell and Colin Hansen can be added to that list

I recently sent a shot across the bow of the Vancouver Sun, specifically I was adressing Fazi Mitzar, the head of the Vancouver Sun editorial board....

I have been waiting for the HST truth to be told, the truth about how the HST will lower BC,s GDP, lower BC,s employment numbers, the truth how the HST will cost the BC Economy billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs, that folks is the HST truth.........

Can anyone of you believe that a corporation would make any financial move, a financial move that would see their customers pay more, drive down their retail numbers, cost them jobs and maybe, just maybe in 10 years they might recoup their losses.....It wouldn`t happen!

Because that is exactly how the HST will affect the Province of British Columbia, I can tell that the corporate world would never do anything to hurt their bottom line on a wing and a prayer, and especially during a worldwide depression, the only thing keeping BC,s economy going was consumer borrowing and buying, locals buying local, the HST has put a fork in that balloon and our economy is waning, deficits will be larger, GDP will be lower more BCers will be jobless, the $1.6 billion dollar bribe will cost BC double that amount every year!!!

If you were to bring in an HST it would/should have been done when the economy was booming, same way with the minimum wage, it should have been raised years ago, now with the economy in the tank because of the HST minimum wage will not be raised.......Back to the HST.....

Fazi Mitzar, when are they going to write about all the service cuts because of the HST, the lost jobs, the deficits, the ever increasing debt, Jack Mitnz wrote how BC and Ontario would lose tens of thousands of jobs, GDP would be substantially lower, deficits higher, Jack Mintz and the right ring CD Howe institute have double confirmed these negative affects associated with the HST....Even Jack Mintz`s most rosy outlook is.....

"In 10 years jobs numbers might increase and true wage increases might occur"

10 years we might see a gain?.....That is the highlight statement from Jack Mintz and CD Howe,you gotta be kidding me,.........So where is the Vancouver Sun and or Province newspaper headline.........

"Gordon Campbell and Colin Hansen deliberately harm BC Economy over the HST lie"

There have been some HST stories in both rags, who knew what when, radar radar radar..nadir...Who cares about that part of the story, we here at the Straight Goods have the smoking gun again........

Gordon Campbell has a suscription, a mailer from the B.C. Progress board, the B.C. Progress board doesn`t sell to the general public, their semi-annual reports go out to one person, the Premier of B.C......

I can guarantee you that in December 2008 Gordon Campbell read the "Report to Government" from the B.C. Progress board, not only is Gordon Campbell on the record as to reading the BC Progress board`s report, he has done interviews for the periodical, so the bullshit from Colin Hansen and Gordon Campbell not having the HST on their radar is a lie, a provable lie....

Everything in the BC Progress board`s December 2008 recommendation to Government was followed to the Tee by Gordon Campbell.....

The BC Progress board was asking for tax credits for the film industry, Campbell delivered, but what did the BC Progress board say about the HST to Gordon Campbell in December 2008?

The BC Progress said that consumers would be hit disproportionately hard by the tax shift, the board suggested low income and poor people could be helped with tax credits, the BC Progress board said to Campbell in December that the HST was good for big business and with the adoption of the HST in about 10 years business and the Province would start to see the benefit!!!!

But folks, this is where it gets very interesting, the BC Progress board, the report, the report that got put in front of Gordon Campbell, the report that Gordon Campbell has already admitted to reading, that december 2008......

The most telling thing that the BC Progress board said to Gordon Campbell was this.....I will cut and paste, you can`t make this stuff up....Read the whole report here

Assuming harmonization of British Columbia with the federal GST could be achieved without signiicantly increasing or decreasing provincial revenues, implementation would face a number of challenges. Moving from a tax on business inputs to a tax on consumer goods and services entails a substantial and highly visible shift of the tax burden from businesses to consumers, even IF reduced costs are Eventually passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices. The revenue that would be lost from rebating taxes on business inputs would be replaced by broadening the tax base. Consumers would face higher taxes on a wide range of services and new housing currently exempt from the PST. Assuming a rate of 7% for the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax, the total federal-plus-provincial sales tax rate would rise from 5 percent(the current GST rate) to 12 percent on items such as restaurant meals, home heating oil, basic cable and telephone, and new condo units. In the short and medium term, lower-income British Columbians could see declines in real income as consumer prices rise. Public opposition to such a shift would be a substantial concern to policymakers. Similar concerns have thwarted sales tax harmonization by all provinces west of Quebec(except Alberta) since the GST was introduced in 1991.

The next section in the BC Progress board report to Gordon Campbell outlines tax credits, exemptions, bribes from Ottawa, every thing that the liars Gordon Campbell and Colin Hansen did was written by the BC Progress board, every move, every talking point, every mitigation effort, the BC Progress board wanted the HST and Gordon Campbell who sleeps with the BC Progress report under his pillow followed it to the letter.....

Pay special attention to the above page from that report...How the BC Progress board states,,,"IF PRICES go down.....Eventually if prices fall"...And that final statement from the progress board, "Public opposition to such a shift would be a substantial concern to policymakers"snip.....

In other words friends, back in December 2008, 6 months before our election Gordon Campbell read the BC Progress report from front to back and at that time decided to ram the HST down our throats post-election, and in fact the BC Progress board report gave Gordon Campbell a direct warning about voter backlash, so Gordon Campbell being the avid reader and listener decided right there and then to deceive the voters until after the election....

So who knew what and when, that answer was December/2008 Gordon Campbell decided to stick a knife in our back, a deliberate lie, a plan hatched by the BC Progress board, and the corporate trough sucking stooge Gordon Campbell rammed it down our throats, he lied, Gordon Campbell lied, the argument about who knew what and when/where is moot, ......

The only thing left lays with the Vancouver Sun and Global/CTV news, are they going to tell the truth, the truth about the job losses, the truth about reduced GDP, higher deficits for the next 7 years, more unemployed people in B.C. because of the HST, and with no way to quantify any benefit of an HST, maybe in 10 years the trickle down will reach my leg......

On another note friends.....I was a little soft on Jordan Bateman yesterday, toobad...

Does the name Scott Nelson ring a bell, he was once mayor of Williams lake, he too is calling on Gordon Campbell to step down, Michael Smyth wrote about him today, how he hates the HST.....But.....

Just like Jordon Bateman, Scott Nelson believes that the BC Liberals are peachy keen, how great they are for the economy(LOL).....Scott Nelson talks about "saving the Party"...."Keeping the NDP out"...."It`s the party stupid".....Just like Bateman....

And a very astute contributor who wrote a comment under Jordon Bateman`s blog stating...."It`s always about the party, what about the public"....

B.C. Liberals don`t care about the public, they care about power, sucking from the trough, they care about money in their bank accounts, about corruption, Gordon Campbell only cares about screwing the girls who work under him, a adulterous backstabbing liar, a con man, a thief, a felon, an habitual liar, a hater of children, a hater of seniors, a hater of the sick or needy...And his Brother Michael Campbell is just as twisted, what demon seed was planted by the Campbell`s mother and father, pure demon spawn!

Where was I.......Forget about Colin Hansen and Campbell, the people know they deliberately lied, no new leader will save the party...Scott Nelson can go blow it out his butt, Jordon Bateman can take it in said butt....

Does anyone want to talk about the insanity of deliberately harming the economy for at least a decade, do a study, anyone, UBC..SFU..CD Howe...Fraser institute..anyone, do a study and here`s the question, over a 10 year period you leave $20 billion consumer dollars in the Provincial economy, how many jobs will you create?...Answer......

A heck of a lot more than siphoning $20 billion dollars out of the economy...


Well Fazi and the Vancouver Sun....Are you going to report facts or are you going to continue to get embarrassed and outclassed by the Straight Goods.

Well here is your answer about the Vancouver Sun...Don Cayo just wrote a sad pathetic piece soft selling Gordon Campbell and the HST....Cayo asks you would you have voted for Gordon Campbell if he told you about the HST...Then Cayo asks Carole James would she get rid of the HST and what would she replace the HST revenue with, what taxes would the NDP raise for money?

You see folks, first off Cayo is forgiving Campbell, he claims it`s the voters fault, second, he is ignoring the job losses, reduced GDP for the province, he is ignoring the HST truth....It`s bad policy, it brings in less revenue than the old PST, he fails to mention the loss of Provincial revenue caused by consumer pullback....And folks, Don Cayo is the Vancouver Sun`s tax guy, he knows better, it`s a sad pathetic piece Cayo wrote, they are the enemy......Over 3 years the Province will see $3 billion less in revenue, taxes will have to be raised because of the HST...

Am I the only one talking the truth???....Read Cayo`s trash here

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