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- From: golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy)
- Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics,soc.culture.canada
- Subject: Re: Liberal Party Tax Policy
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.162919.24275@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 16:29:19 GMT
- Article-I.D.: alchemy.1993Jan24.162919.24275
- References: <61TVXB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
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- In article <61TVXB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
- >I was challenged by Melvin Klassen, Gerald Olchowy and Peter McCorquade(sp)
- >about LPC tax policy. Here it is!!
- >
- >1) Review the Single Tax alternative as porposed by Dennis Mills to the
- > Liberal Platform Committee
- >
- >2) high priority given to th development of a simplified, more equitable
- > system
- >
- >3) review of the tax system with the purpose of abolishing the GST and
- >redistributing the tax burden on the PRINCIPLE of fairness, equity ad ability
- >to pay.
- >
-
- That is not a policy...the GST raises $20 billion dollars...specifically
- tell us how the Liberal Party is going to raise $20 billion dollars.
-
- The last national Liberal party policy convention in Toronto last year
- suggested that the Liberals were going to replace the GST with
- a hidden GST...a business transfer tax.
-
- Besides, 1) and 3) are incompatible...Dennis Mills is proposing a flat
- tax...your #1, and your #3 argues for a progressive tax (i.e. ability
- to pay).
-
- Like Liberals, you are talking out of both sides of your mouth again...
- advocating directly contradictory things, and avoiding the issue
- of where precisely you intend to come up with $20 billion dollars.
-
- Gerald
-