Comments by "Winston Smith" (@winstonsmith935) on "Liz Truss takes 1st Prime Minister's Questions on energy plan, taxing corporations" video.

  1. The base price of gasoline per litre is 105.7 cents in much of British Columbia, 107.8 cents in greater Victoria and 110 cents in metro Vancouver. Normally, at the till, taxes are applied to that base price. The various taxes would equate to a 37%, 42% and 46% sales tax on gasoline respectively.   One might argue that sales taxes are a more efficient way for governments to raise revenue—I would. But there is a limit to what drivers can afford. An effective sales tax on gasoline that ranges from 37% to 46% long ago exceeds reasonable taxation levels After all, it’s not as if parents with three kids and who drive them to sports six times a week in far-flung locations can likely use public transit, to use just one example. Meanwhile, down in Washington state gas sells for 95 cents a litre (Canadian) including just 16 cents in tax. Who is fleecing who? You are brainwashed.
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  2. As she said Truss me.
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