To the editor:
Wow, there have been a lot of misleading, manipulating and deceptive advertisements out there recently from different "interest groups" encouraging British Columbians to accept the Harmonizing Sales Tax (HST).
Even the blatantly biased yet so-called unbiased ads from the B.C. Liberal government, along with the deceptively worded question on the referendum ballot itself - vote “yes” to drop the HST vote “no” means keeping the HST – are misleading, but very slick.
It’s a fact the HST is a tax burden transfer of $2 billion from the corporations to the citizens of B.C.
It’s a fact the HST is not 10 per cent and will not be 10 per cent for at least three years (and only if politicians don't lie).
It’s a fact the B.C. Liberal provincial government's track record of wasting millions, if not billions, of our tax money is public record.
Why should we give them more of our hard-earned money as working folk?
Let’s be positive this summer in B.C. and vote yes...yes...yes.
Jeff Leggat
Duncan
