tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post2723792774588091524..comments2024-03-28T17:34:21.418-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: Advocates unveil transit expansion plan funded by 0.5% sales taxNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-3263619006559799552013-08-28T20:30:42.371-07:002013-08-28T20:30:42.371-07:00Huh? You shop in the US to avoid taxes and then sa...Huh? You shop in the US to avoid taxes and then say you think a sales tax is more fair. Why, so you can easily skip it unlike property tax?<br /><br />Fact is property tax is more fair exactly for this reason. It applies to everyone living in the region and can't easily be avoided like sales tax. <br /><br />Also property taxes are very low in Vancouver compared to everywhere else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-21082200132760508702013-08-27T10:32:31.915-07:002013-08-27T10:32:31.915-07:00Property taxes are high enough and only affect hom...Property taxes are high enough and only affect home owners. Sales tax is a more fair and equitable solution that targets all people who buy goods in metro Vancouver. It's nice to see a plan that spreads the cost evenly to everyone and not people who drive cars or own homes. I was always a fan of hst for that reason and maybe had we kept it we could put that 2% to transit. Also houses that are 500k here are not mansions. Nor are houses that are 1 million so that idea is flawed.<br /><br />Side note: I shop in the states quite frequently but not because of sales tax because of transit taxes on fuel. It you starve a specific group they are going to look for alternative methods to help their bottom line. This approach doesn't do that. For once I am impressed with a plan I've read on transit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-25197870921923306192013-08-26T20:01:04.568-07:002013-08-26T20:01:04.568-07:00Great work! However a much better and equitable so...Great work! However a much better and equitable solution is raising property taxes. <br /><br />Sales taxes just encourage locals to avoid them by buying goods in the US. Property taxes are much harder to avoid. Even better would be a mansion tax on properties worth more than $500k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-53451002742322261842013-08-26T11:52:14.901-07:002013-08-26T11:52:14.901-07:00Thanks for your work, sad that none of the governm...Thanks for your work, sad that none of the government agencies have come up with a proposal yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com