Have to cut spending before we can cut taxes
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Updated: November 04, 2009 6:53 AM
Editor:
There have been several letters recently from people concerned about the impact of the HST.
I feel that the government is going to extract as much from the tax payer as it needs and it doesn’t really make much difference what they call it — HST, PST, gas tax, liquor tax, carbon tax, recycling tax, whatever.
If this will be a more efficient way of collecting the revenue then that will be to our benefit.
Nearly every newspaper has an article asking (more like demanding) for more from the government — more senior housing, smaller class sizes, better roads, help for the arts, the water system, the hockey arena, etc., etc.
If we really want lower taxes, I think we will have to work on the other end of the problem. We will have to cut spending before we can cut taxes.
Margie Kaufman
Williams Lake
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