said by dirtyjeffer :

here's something funny, it's a 2% difference...yet you seem so happy about it...kind of funny how people said the 2% GST cut was nothing, yet the 2% you got really does help out, doesn't it?

said by dirtyjeffer :

here's something funny, it's a 2% difference...yet you seem so happy about it...kind of funny how people said the 2% GST cut was nothing, yet the 2% you got really does help out, doesn't it?

said by Pepsi90919 :

What do you (not) do again?

said by CigaR :

How convenient for Conservatives to say that.

said by dennilfloss :

GST affects only a few items for me (for example, food isn't covered by the GST) and I get a GST return three times a year to compensate for that. So the 2% increase in funding helps me a lot more than a 2% cut in GST. I think this would apply to most poor people.

said by donoreo :

I would have to agree with this, in your case and others similar. However, DJ does make a valid point for others not in your situation.

said by Robrr :

Well put dennifloss.

Like I said previously dj, people are always much happier seeing money on their pay cheque then trying to find it on their budget sheet.

said by dirtyjeffer :

the reality is, at the end of the day, dennilfloss has an extra $20 per month and is enjoying that little bit extra...well, for the rest of us, who also enjoy an extra $20 per month in savings of GST, we like having that little bit extra just as much...my point was, some of you (you know who you are) criticized the cuts and the amount saved as being a pittance...myself and others argued that the little extra can still come in handy, especially when times are tough.

said by Hydraglass :

My wife and I calculated our monthly savings after the GST cut and it's definitely been a good thing for us - every utility bill went down by 2%, our insurance went down 2%, all of our monthly non-food/grocery purchases went down by 2%, our entertainment expenses went down by 2%, etc... we figured over an entire month looking at our bank statements, receipts, etc. that it saves us almost $40/mo - that's an extra $480/year raise we didn't have to do anything to get.

said by dirtyjeffer :

i think ours is fairly close to that as well...people forget about things like insurance, car lease payments, etc...it all adds up.

said by horsemouth :

People also tend to forget that part of apt. rent goes to pay GST. I just shake my head in disbelief when some people say "most of my money goes to food and rent. The GST is no big deal for me"

said by horsemouth :

People also tend to forget that part of apt. rent goes to pay GST. I just shake my head in disbelief when some people say "most of my money goes to food and rent. The GST is no big deal for me"

said by dirtyjeffer :

in all fairness, i doubt people's rent went down from the GST...i am sure that would have simply increased the margins by 1%, if that is even affected by GST...i would have thought rent money was tax exempt to begin with, and the rent money would be considered income or revenue for the landlord.