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crazy canuck

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 01:31:44 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:25:25 PM
Vancouver now has the highest gas prices in North America 1.32 per litre.  Apparently 50 cents of that is taxation.

Having nice schools, clean air and drinkable water sucks, doesn't it?

I don't mind paying for those things.  But, like sales taxes, gas taxes are not the best way to fund such things as they are regressive taxes which impair economic activity.

Jacob

Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:41:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 01:31:44 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:25:25 PM
Vancouver now has the highest gas prices in North America 1.32 per litre.  Apparently 50 cents of that is taxation.

Having nice schools, clean air and drinkable water sucks, doesn't it?

I don't mind paying for those things.  But, like sales taxes, gas taxes are not the best way to fund such things as they are regressive taxes which impair economic activity.

Where'd you get the revenue from instead? And would you reduce the Local tax, the Provincial tax, or both?

Josquius

Taxation on petrol sounds pretty progressive to me. Takes cars off the roads. I hope they're spending the money on trains....
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Quote from: Tyr on March 03, 2015, 01:57:42 PM
Taxation on petrol sounds pretty progressive to me. Takes cars off the roads. I hope they're spending the money on trains....

Progressive in this context refers to people w/ higher incomes paying more.

CountDeMoney


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Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:25:25 PM
Vancouver now has the highest gas prices in North America 1.32 per litre.  Apparently 50 cents of that is taxation.

Beating Montreal & it's collusion. Now that's impressive.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 02:06:33 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:41:57 PM
regressive taxes which impair economic activity.

:rolleyes: :bleeding:

I am not sure what your complaint is.  High gas taxes take a proportionately bigger bite out of low and middle class disposable income and therefore affects their spending decisions.  Less disposable income necessarily means less spending which equals less economic activity.  High income earners don't really notice the extra cost and it doesn't affect their spending.


Quote from: Jacob on March 03, 2015, 01:48:33 PM
Where'd you get the revenue from instead? And would you reduce the Local tax, the Provincial tax, or both?

If I was king for a day I would keep the carbon tax and the transit tax components and I would eliminate the remaining Provincial and Federal tax components.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 03:32:29 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 02:06:33 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:41:57 PM
regressive taxes which impair economic activity.

:rolleyes: :bleeding:

I am not sure what your complaint is.  High gas taxes take a proportionately bigger bite out of low and middle class disposable income and therefore affects their spending decisions.  Less disposable income necessarily means less spending which equals less economic activity.  High income earners don't really notice the extra cost and it doesn't affect their spending.

My complaint was peering into the future, and finding another 6 page Languish argument on regressive versus progressive taxation.   :P

crazy canuck

Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 03:38:43 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 03:32:29 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 02:06:33 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 03, 2015, 01:41:57 PM
regressive taxes which impair economic activity.

:rolleyes: :bleeding:

I am not sure what your complaint is.  High gas taxes take a proportionately bigger bite out of low and middle class disposable income and therefore affects their spending decisions.  Less disposable income necessarily means less spending which equals less economic activity.  High income earners don't really notice the extra cost and it doesn't affect their spending.

My complaint was peering into the future, and finding another 6 page Languish argument on regressive versus progressive taxation.   :P

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Quote from: Ed Anger on March 02, 2015, 09:41:38 PM
I can no longer eat Peanut Butter cups. They make me sick as a dog now.

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