HST Propaganda Unleashed!

Well here we go, it`s started, full blown HST mis-information, lies, spin, confusion!

Isn`t it interesting, Gordon Campbell won`t move the HST referendum up because .....According to Colin Hansen the B.C. Government is going to follow the letter of the law when it comes to initiatives and referendums, yet that argument fails because the letter of the law also states that the referendum requires a super majority to pass, 50% of everyone on the voters list and in 3/4 of all ridings yet Campbell says....."Trust me, a simple majority, 50% plus one of whoever turns out to vote is fine...

How on one hand can the Campbell gang agree to a simple majority which is contrary to the act and yet then demand the one year time frame(the letter of the law) .......Something fishy is going on here!

And guess who else got in on the act today?...Dalton McGuinty......Dalton Mcguinty made a public statement, McGuinty said......

"If B.C. gets out of the HST Ontario is going to have a huge economic advantage over B.C." snip

Well well well, Dalton McGuinty is concerned about BCs well being, really.....I recall many years ago, B.C. gave the movie industry many tax credits, the move was to woo American movie makers to B.C.....The plan worked, California was calling foul!.....Ontario in short order copied B.C.s movie tax credits, so here the movie industries in both B.C. and Ontario were chugging along, until 18 months ago, Ontario made a bold move, they slashed labour and other movie tax credits....They really slashed into the gravy, movie people, tech, production companies in B.C. were running around with their hair on fire about losing business to Ontario, and it was true, so the B.C. Government in a survival move matched the new movie tax credit of Ontario....This was before the HST......

So call me a real skeptic that Dalton McGuinty is concerned about B.C.....So when Dalton warns B.C. about losing business to Ontario over the HST I laugh, yet McGuinty was silent on B.C. matching the movie credits......What business leader, what entity warns it`s competitor that it better follow it`s economic plan or lose market share?...It doesn`t make sense at all......

McGuinty is trying to save his own skin, because when B.C. prospers after getting rid of the HST McGuinty will be in the hot seat, there is also a group think going on....The HST was rammed through the Federal senate without debate, Conservatives and Liberals voted for the HST, in other words they are all guilty, this was a deliberate ploy, because come election time who do you punish, if all their hands are guilty the issue becomes moot.....

But back to McGuinty, if B.C. dumps the HST Dalton should be rolling in the aisle, laughing all the way to the bank, if Dalton truly believes in the HST then he should be thrilled on a Provincial level that BC wants out, the fact that he is warning us not to drop the HST it only re-affirms my belief that the HST is nothing but a scam.......

Michael Levy/Bill Good, CKNW....

"What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive"

Look folks, I don`t mind a debate on the HST but let`s keep the debate honest, Michael Levy today lied on the radio, he lied over and over again, Levy said....If a company making widgets buy product to make widgets they are charged PST which gets embedded in the price, WRONG LEVY......

Everything bought for use in Manufacturing is not subject to PST...../Manufacturing equipment has no PST....In fact most companies can write off almost everything they buy, not just the PST but the entire capital cost, in 2001 Campbell changed the tax act and exempted all machinery from PST......In fact 70% of all business in B.C. have little to none in the way of new tax write-offs because of the HST, restaurant industries have no PST tax to claim back, so for Levy to lie when he knows better......And of course bobble head Bill Good just nods his head in agreement......

Yesterday Bill Good was hinting as to what the referendum question will be......

Bill Good said...."Without the HST we will either have to raise income taxes......Cut Government services or raise the PST to make up for the lost revenue".......

Really, is that so Bill Good....First off, the HST according to Gordon Campbell and Hansen, is revenue neutral to Government, you can`t have it both ways!

As for raising the PST, 1 percentage point will bring in $800 million per year, and as for cutting Government services, Bill Good must be talking about cutting $1.6 billion in services to match the Ottawa bribe.......

If Campbell didn`t sell us out pre-election with the HST he would of never had the $1.6 billion, he would of had to deal with it like every other Government has......

But Gordon Campbell has never made the tough decision, he sold BC Ferries for $500 million dollars to a German banking consortium....He sold BC Rail for $300 million dollars(after the tax write-offs and legal fees)....He sold rivers and gave forests away, but with Gordon Campbell everytime money is tight our BC Property is sold through guile!.....This time Campbell sold our taxing sovergnty, our ability to control tax direction, what no other B.C. Government would ever do.......... Gordon Campbell did!......And he doesn`t care, our B.C. GDP is falling fast, people are getting laid off, the RBC downgraded B.C.s GDP by 1/2 point last week, ....

And what about the Olympics, Hansen said the Olympics would be BCs springboard, the Olympics were touted to add 1% to our GDP....Well tourism is down, flat, all that advertising and nothing, nothing but Olympic bills......

These economists, they make the claim that we will have to wait a decade before we reap the reward for adopting the HST, I contend that if you leave $20 billion consumer dollars in the economy over the next 10 years you will create more jobs that pulling $20 billion out of the economy........
France recently got rid of the VATtax on all restaraunts meals, that to spur the industry, Michael Campbell and Michael Levy talk about how much trouble Europe is in , Governments heavy in debt, Governments on the verge of financial default, yet before our last Federal election, before our last Provincial election....We were told that there would be NO Federal debt, we were told that Canada and BC are in the best shape of any jurisdiction in the world, we are told everyday how strong our Canadian banks are, how great the Canadian system is ........

So why on earth would we want to copy failed states, bankrupt countries, European cities with rampant underground economies,why would we copy failure? Why do they have have 40% of their economies underground, because of high taxation, Governments raise taxes and business moves underground, Government raises taxes again and more money moves underground, just like ferry fares, you raise rates to the point of diminishing returns......

And what about the Prosperity mine, what about the natural gas drillers, BC Forestry industry, what about all the private IPPs, and all the proposed IPPs, none of these companies came to B.C. because of the HST, they were all prepared to do business in B.C. without the HST....And all the raw resources being shipped to Asia, no mining, no logging, no resource company in B.C. is going to move to Ontario only to ship their product by train back to B.C. then on to Asia, the rail fees would dwarf any HST savings....So the claim that industry would move is false, and with Ontario`s minimum wage over 50% higher than BC.....Low end manufacturing will find no savings in Ontario, out here in B.C. labour is $6 dollars per hour, not $10.50 like in Ontario....

And lastly, as for paying back the Federal Government the $1.6 billion dollar bribe, well there was a story last week that ICBC has $3 billion in cash reserves but industry standards state that ICBC needs but $1.5 billion dollars maximum as a buffer for paying claims, especially when these ICBC surpluses keep growing.......And....Colin Hansen also carted out his oh so flawed forecasters .....These forecasters of Hansen claim B.C. will be having a $2,7 billion dollar corporate windfall over the next 4 years, so a little scoop from ICBC(Remember Campbell already scooped $770 million from ICBC this year).....A little scoop from the mystery corporate money(if it really exists) and presto....The Feds are paid, were out of the HST and life goes on.........

But that`s not going to happen, Michael Levy will continue to lie, Bill Good will lie, Michael Campbell will lie, Hansen and Campbell will never stop lying, and the advertisement campaign from the Province will be $50 million dollars or more......

Time to stop hiding Gordon Campbell, time to bring Craig James and the HST referendum question to the public.......

Time for an honest debate

The Straight Goods

Cheers-Eyes Wide Open