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Carbon Tax and All The Other Taxes in Canada...Good Humor or Fact?

By
Industry Observer with Retired BC Realtor

Here is a Dittie  on Our Carbon Tax a Client Just emailed Me..I just had to Share it with You All

 

 

Carbon Tax  
 
The author of this, John Coates, lives in Nova Scotia. He would be even more disgusted if he lived in BC where they already have a Carbon Tax.

The Liberals Carbon Tax

Politicians have, in the past, used that old  phrase of 'cutting taxes' to get you to vote for them.  
 
Now Stephan Dion has come up with a new wrinkle on that old lie:

·         Tax your heating oil and anything else you burn to move your food and everything else that you have always had in your life... but, he'll lower your income taxes.

CONSIDER THIS from one person who has bothered to do the homework:

When a politician's lips move, I know he's probably lying. Mr. Dion says his carbon tax will be revenue neutral. So, I went online and found a carbon calculator and keyed in the annual energy consumption for our household and learned we produce 17 tons of greenhouse gas. Fully 60% of this usage is for electricity which we use to heat our home.

I have already improved insulation in my walls and replaced my windows and doors; use the new 'twirley' lights and ensured that my appliances are all Energy Star products. In the past 20 years, these measures reduced my electricity usage from 24,000 Kw Hrs per year to 16,000 Kw Hrs per year last year.  
 
What is my reward for this improved efficiency?

·         My power bill is unchanged from what it was 20 years ago.  

·          But, my power bill would  attract  a carbon tax of $104 in year one of Mr. Dion's plan  

·          and $ 416 in year four.  

·         My power bill would rise from $166 per month to $210 per month in year four.

Since I live on a fixed income consisting of CPP and Old Age Security, my income tax bill runs at less than $200 per year. So, for my household, Mr. Dion's 'revenue neutral' carbon tax will cost me $416 per year less income tax reductions of about $10 per year.

Revenue neutral? In a pig's eye! This is a tax on seniors living on fixed incomes.  
 
Well, Mr. Dion, you haven't got a snowball's chance in **** of ever getting my vote. I hope everyone else takes five minutes to run the same calculations I did and vote to send this joker to the political boneyard.

  SIGNED:   Jon C. Coates - 70 Ridgevalley Rd. - Halifax, N.S. - B3P 2J9

Factual data substantiating this:

·         16.96 tons

·          60% of this is for electricity or 10.4 tons/year

·          @ $10/ton in year 1 = $104 or $9/mo

·          @ $20/ton in year 2 = $208 or $18/mo

·          @ $30/ton in year 3 = $312 or $27/mo

·          @ $40/ton in year 4 = $416 or $40/mo

·          Income tax paid is $110/yr.

DON'T BUY INTO THE CARBON TAX !
DON'T BELIEVE ANY POLITICIAN FROM ANY PARTY!
PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK IN CANADA .


At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.

Be sure to read all the way to the end
  


The Tax Poem
  
Tax his land,  Tax his bed,
Tax the table,  At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,  Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes,  Are the rule.

Tax his work,  Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts,  Anyway!
Tax his cow, Tax his goat,
Tax his pants, Tax his coat.

Tax his ties, Tax his shirt,
Tax his work, Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,  Tax his drink,
Tax him if he  tries to think.

Tax his cigars, Tax his beers,
If he cries, Tax his tears.
Tax his car,  Tax his gas,
Find other ways  to tax his ass.

Tax all he has, Then let him know,
That you won't be done, Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers, then tax him more,
Tax him till he's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,  Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he's laid.
Put these words, Upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me to my doom...'

When he's gone,  Do not relax,
Its time to apply.....

The Inheritance Tax
Accounts Receivable Tax
Airline Surcharge tax
Airline Fuel Tax
Airport Maintenance Tax
Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Death Tax
Dog License Tax
Driving Permit Tax
Employee Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment (UI)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Gasoline Tax ( too much per litre)
Gross Receipts Tax
Health Tax
Hunting License Tax
Hydro Tax
Inheritance Tax
Interest Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Mortgage Tax
Personal Income Tax
Poverty Tax
Prescription Drug Tax
Property Tax
Provincial Income Tax
Real Estate Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Retail Sales Tax
Service Charge Tax
School Tax
Telephone Federal Tax
Telephone Federal, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Water Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax .....


 
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

·         Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,  

·         our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.

·         We had absolutely no national debt,  

·         had a large middle class,  

·         and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the hell happened????

Can you spell 'politicians'????

I hope this goes around CANADA at least 100 times!!!!!  
YOU can help it get there!!!!

GO AHEAD - - - be a CANADIAN !!!!!!!!!!  
  

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Bill Gassett
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA
Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate

Hi Fred - Carbon tax or not have you ever met a politician that did not stretch the truth about anything when he or she is trying to get elected? I have never met one!

Oct 01, 2008 11:15 PM
Gena Riede
Riede Real Estate, Lic. 01310792 - Sacramento, CA
Real Estate Broker - Sacramento CA Real Estate (916) 417-2699

Fred, that was very well done. I do hope that other Canadians follow your lead and know about this tax BEFORE they vote.

The poem is great! I'd love to reprint that. Who is the author, or did you write it?

Never heard of Carbon tax...there seems to be nothing that is not taxed.

Is it time for another Boston Tea Party?

Oct 02, 2008 02:34 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Gena...I like the idea of a Victoria Harbour Tea Party..no sure who the author is, a client emailed me this. Carbon tax is supposed to be a neutral tax, by taxing us for consuming carbon fuels and lowering personal income taxes in BC, Very Un- Popular Tax.

Oct 02, 2008 03:24 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Bill...just another money grab from our pockets...so they can increase their wages again.

Cheers, thanks for visiting.

Oct 02, 2008 03:26 AM
Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Fred - You and my webguy/hubby think alike his favorite saying is Canadians are Taxed to Death. He even had one of those colourful license plates made up one day at a flea market

Oct 03, 2008 12:47 PM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Kathy...Yes we sure to pay a lot of taxes. The Carbon tax is very unpopular here in BC, I'm sure it'll be an issue in the next Provincial Election.

Cheers, thanks for visiting.

Oct 03, 2008 02:20 PM
Steven Nickens
Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers - Wailea, HI
R(S)GRI ABR, Maui Real Estate Hawaii

Fred Thanks for the info. I been hearing about carbon tax in the US. I really like what you said. If a politician lips are moving he is lying. I will have to remember that one.

Steve

Oct 04, 2008 09:42 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Steve...I cannot take credit for the slogan, a client sent it to me, If they start talking Carbon Tax Fight like hell. Take them on a one way fishing trip, it is just another money grab!

Cheers, thanks for visiting!

Oct 04, 2008 03:08 PM
Jean Groesbeck
Compass - Anacortes, WA
Broker, CRS, e-PRO, ABR, ASP, CNE, IMS

It applies down here in the US as well!  We are getting rid of the middle class through taxes!

Oct 07, 2008 02:59 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Jean...with the middle class gone who's going to pay. I guess government will close shop and let a single administer run every thing...They Tax the middle class because we are still the majority with a disposable income and make our mtg payments.

Cheers, thanks for visiting

Oct 07, 2008 03:40 AM