Comment 97720

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted February 19, 2014 at 17:25:59 in reply to Comment 97717

If the revenue tools are implemented, then we will pay regardless of whether we accept LRT/BRT or nothing. This is the point of the article.

You are suggesting that the Liberals will lose the election and therefore not be able to implement the new revenue tools. They may lose the election, but it is not "obvious" (and it is certainly not "disingenuous" to consider what would happen if the Liberals are successful).

You seem to insist that revenue tools = taxes, but revenue tools also include user fees and development charges. Why should the using a road be free, while you pay for tap water, electricity, food and other basics of life? I guess socialism is fine for driving, but not for anything else (I pay for the road through my taxes whether I use it or not).

The NDP could also try to finance the Big Move (which they support) by other taxes (they favour taxes on corporations). Relying only on corporate taxes is completely unrealistic, but it would still mean taxes paid by Hamiltonians.

If the Big Move is killed, then the question is moot.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-02-19 17:27:40

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