The Hated HST

I remember when Mulroney introduced the GST and how Canadians hated this tax.
Mulroney paid for this at the polls, when the Conservative government suffered a devastating defeat at the polls. Jean Chretien was elected on the promise that he would abolish the GST, a promise that he did not keep. The Liberals have always been self-serving. That is why Ignatief is so silent about the introduction of the HST in New Brunswick and British Columbia.
The HST is nothing more or less than a Provincial GST on top of the Federal GST.
One wonders if Gordon Campbell and his Provincial Liberal really did their homework about the effects of the HST on British Columbians. Did they realize that
there would be so much opposition to this tax? Were they mesmerized by the money offered by the Federal government to those who adopted this tax. It was such an easy solution to their difficulties about balancing the budget.
Of course, Gordon Campbell is rich, and paying the new tax will be no sacrifice to him. The rich will have no difficulty in paying this tax that imposes taxes on items that were previously not taxed. It is the middle class and those on small incomes who will feel the pinch. The Liberals say that the HST will be advantageous to the
Province's busineses, and create more jobs. Then, why has this not happened in Brunswick?
Our only recourse at the moment is to sign the petition against the tax. Perhaps,
history will repeat itself, and finally we will just accept the inevitable. Or we can repeat to ourselves: Is it from heaven or is it from hell, this damned intrusive HST?