INSTEAD OF TAX HIKES-EXPECT FEES,FEES,FEES

Instead of tax hike, expect fees, fees and more fees
Posted By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD JULY 24,10

The sneaky eco fee tax hike may have been put on the back burner for three months, but don't relax. It was simply Round 1 in what promises to be a slew of tax hikes by stealth. The McGuinty government is searching for new forms of non-tax revenue to help pay down the $19 billion deficit.According to a 2010-11 Results-Based Planningdocument obtained by QMI Agency, these NTRs offer an opportunity to ensure fiscal neutrality of ministry expenditure proposals.Income tax is not enough. Bad enough that the government has just about doubled spending since it came to power in 2003, now if a new program is introduced, it will be paid for not through existing revenues, but through more sneaky charges such as the eco fee. If applicable, ministries are encouraged to propose new revenue streams to offset increased expenditures if there are no large-scale investments required, or to increase existing fees to achieve full cost recovery,says the document. Worse, they want us to pay more for services that cost less.Once upon a time, you used to be able to talk to a human being when you renewed your licence or your health card.

I don't mind paying for the privilege of talking to a person. But government seems to be taking a leaf from the banks' book: Charge people fees for using a machine.
Ministries were told to charge a premium for using electronic kiosks.Particular electronic service delivery channels, such as kiosks, are considered a premium service for which an additional amount is charged to acknowledge the cost of this service above the normal delivery standard, a guide says.This may result in the total fee charged being higher than the fee to deliver the same service over the counter.Call me old-fashioned, but I think premium service is personal service.

Watch for licences, testing and other sly ways to whack unsuspecting folk with extra costs.The public safety ministry recently implemented a test for people who want to be security guards. As of April 15, new applicants must successfully complete accredited training and pass a test prior to a licence being issued. The cost? $60. If you fail, you have to pay $60 to re-take the test. Starting in July, all existing licensed security guards and investigators have to pass a test before they can renew their licenses. So, people wanting to become security guards -- often a minimum wage job -- will have to work almost a full day just to pay for the test.The Liberals came to power lambasting the Tories for their so-called structural $5.6 billion deficit. Yet these guys, having massively hiked taxes, have a $19 billion structural deficit.

And no one seems to mind. Sure, we're in an economic

downturn. But we'd suffered through SARS, West Nile and a massive power outage in 2003, so things were grim then as well.We're already paying massively through our income taxes. We've got soaring electricity prices, eco fees and now we're going to be dinged through other non-tax revenue.That's sneaky. And it's unfair. Income tax is progressive. The people who make the most money pay the most tax. This willy-nilly system of hidden fees and costs isn't fair, it isn't transparent. And it isn't good government. christina.blizzard@sunmedia.ca Article ID# 2682637

Eco fee yet another cash grab by Ontario Liberals
Posted By CHRISTINA BLIZZARD

possibly illegal -- tax.Think of it as a green fee.Don't think of the HST as another tax grab that shifts the tax burden from corporations to individuals. Think of it as the Liberals saving the economy.Don't think of the deposit on liquor bottles as a tax.Think of it as saving the environment.(WORSHIPPING THE EARTH).Ditto for the 5¢ you now pay for plastic bags. Don't think of it as a massive gift from the government to the retail sector. Not only are they off the hook for the cost of plastic bags, they even built a whole new revenue stream selling cloth bags.

Some retailers even add HST to the fee and charge 6¢ a bag.That's the soothing message the government wants to get out.And, we're all nodding and smiling at the cash register and smugly thinking we're doing our bit to save the world, when what we're really doing is paying stores for the privilege of shopping at them.Like so many other government tax grabs, the eco fee on 9,000 consumer goods came disguised as an environmental fee. It was done with such stealth, the opposition parties seem to have been caught unaware.But, as QMI Agency's Queen's Park Bureau Chief Antonella Artuso reported last week, it may well be illegal. Industry insiders and a prominent tax lawyer all point out the tax is being levied not by the government, but by a third party.What are the stores doing with this money? What happens to the fee you pay on batteries, fire extinguishers and air freshener? We already pay taxes that help support waste disposal and diversion programs,PC Leader Tim Hudak said Tuesday.

The notion that it comes from an unaccountable, arm's length body of the government that can tax directly consumers, I reject fundamentally, he said. In an attempt at damage control, Stewardship Ontario sent out e-mails to stewards (you and I call them shops) with hints as to how to hide the tax.They suggest making the fee part of the price of the goods -- and hoping no one notices.

Here's what they said:Our Message: The eco fee is not mandatory nor is it a tax -- stewards have the option to pass the fees they pay Stewardship Ontario on to consumers . . . The eco fee may be reflected in the product's sticker price -- in which case the consumer is none the wiser. Or it may be itemized on the cash register receipt and added to the product price at checkout . . .So, it's a hidden fee charged arbitrarily by these unnamed stewards. It's not going to the government or Stewardship Ontario (SO) -- so no one is clear where that money is going. Tuesday night, Environment Minister John Gerretsen released a letter he had sent to SO CEO Gemma Zecchini, expressing,serious concerns with some overcharging of fees and the availability of accurate information, related to the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Program.Gerretsen said SO must take quick action to resolve these issues and restore consumer confidence.It's not just the eco fee that has people outraged. It's the sneaky way it was implemented. Introduce a sly eco fee the same day you introduce a whopping tax grab -- and hope no one notices.Boston had its tea party because people resented paying unfair taxes to a person they didn't know. Who wants to toss the eco fees overboard? christina.blizzard@sunmedia.ca Article ID# 2670362

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

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