msj Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Army Guy said: 4) Lets talk about BC carbon tax.....So just so I understand....the citizens of BC pay additional taxes to their fuel bill, in most cases up to 7 cents a liter......all year they pay this tax and then they are given a check back from the BC government in a form of a rebate or tax cut....So what happen is the citizens have paid out of their own pocket gave this money to the BC government to do with what it pleases, then at the end of the year they give you a tax break or rebate....which may or may not pay out what you have put into the program....and as a side benefit because fuel prices are so high it has convince some of the BC population to drive less....So question number one is What does BC do with all this extra revenue it receives, does it invest into green technologies, does it invest into alternative fuel tech, does it give rebates back on using green tech in the building process of new homes or business.....NO....it just gives the funds back in a form of rebates....to everyone....again it may or may not equal what you have put into it.....but some how your convinced it's good for the environment....because fuel is to expensive and it makes the users rethink using fossil fuels.......very little of that Carbon tax is used to spur on the development of going greener.....all it is doing is driving fossil fuel costs up so not everyone can afford to use it....mean while what are we going to do when the cost get out of reach for most people what are we going to use for heat, to move our transportation.... The BC government lowered income taxes and provide a rebate for the poor people. They have to provide a rebate for the poor people since they don't pay income taxes since they are poor. As for making fuel expensive having an effect on consumption - yes, I do think that it has an impact but the only way to know for sure would be to add, say, $1 per litre to the price so we can truly find out. Too bad government is too chicken sh!t to try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msj Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Army Guy said: 5+6) I see you and Smallc use the same material , You are complaining about non-partisan sources - big surprise.... Oh no, I like to use facts when discussing things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msj Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Army Guy said: 7) yes our current finance minister has a masters, are you saying he is the first to have one, that he is the only man in Canada that has a clue in what is best for our nation ?.....or because he has a masters that he can do no wrong ?.....Was not the harper government also looked at the same way by other world nations ?....I wonder did their finance minister have a masters degree ?.....so what makes the liberals right and the cons wrong.....to completely different styles and directions.....who is right and who is wrong.... I am saying that it is more likely that he, and the educated people he consults with from all kinds of political backgrounds, has more of a "clue" than most of the people on this forum. Particularly ones who do not appreciate the use of PBO sources and the Fiscal Monitor as sources - what? we headed down to Trump land too? Lets go to the land where some peoples political beliefs and opinions outweigh the use of facts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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