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Top 10 ironic reasons to vote for HST

You know if the HST is turned down, the B.C. government will just raise the PST.

10. You like paying more in taxes

9. You are a bookkeeper or accountant.

8. You feel that big business needs all the help they can get.

7. You feel that middle and lower income earners are an endless source of money.

6. You forgive ex-premier Campbell, and the Liberals for putting us in this financial bind in the first place.

5. You like giving the federal government, aka Conservative government, (remember Mulroney?) $1.6 billion more in taxes every three years.

4. You feel that the federal government gave B.C., i.e. the Liberal government, $1.6 billion dollars because they felt sorry for the B.C. citizens.

3. You believe politicians when they say that they will not bring in the HST, that they will not tamper with the HST, and that they will lower the HST to 10 per cent in three years time.

2. You feel that the HST will stay at 10 per cent for at least one year.

1. You know if the HST is turned down, the B.C. government will just raise the PST.

Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.

Eugene Ogino