What the Ontario Government is Really Saying With the HST and Eco-Fee

The Ontario government under the leadership of Premier Dalton McGuinty despite campaign promises of no taxes introduced both the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) which adds 8% tax on 17% of consumer goods and services and the Eco-Fee (aka tax) to be collected on 9,000 consumer products including items like CFLs, rechargeable batteries and laundry detergent.  What message is the Ontario government sending to consumers?  Here it is in a nutshell:

• shop the underground economy
• shop outside of Ontario - shop in Quebec, Manitoba and boarding US states
• quit shopping new but rather shop used
• convert to solar (buy supplies outside of Ontario) and/or heat with wood (currently no tax)
• and basically we lied to you during the election campaign so you now are paying the price

And good golly gosh, some folks have actually claimed that McGuinty's government is bad for Ontario.  I thinks his taxes are going to boost our popularity rating in the US, don't you?

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