DeHarmonized

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Harmonized Sales Tax, a tax passed one year ago raising the sales tax in British Columbia from 6% to 12%. The anger among the 85 British Columbia constituencies, generated from the newly implemented Harmonized Sales Tax has galvanized citizens from across British Columbia to join a citizen lead initiative to repeal the burdensome tax. When the People's Majority has spoken, the question becomes, who is going to decide who gets the final say on a policy? The People or the Government? If it's the government, you have a dictatorship; in which case we have a much bigger problem than the Harmonized Sales Tax.

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8m
Released
2011

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Release year: 2011

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Harmonized Sales Tax, a tax passed one year ago raising the sales tax in British Columbia from 6% to 12%. The anger among the 85 British Columbia constituencies, generated from the newly implemented Harmonized Sales Tax has galvanized citizens from across British Columbia to join a citizen lead initiative to repeal the burdensome tax. When the People's Majority has spoken, the question becomes, who is going to decide who gets the final say on a policy? The People or the Government? If it's the government, you have a dictatorship; in which case we have a much bigger problem than the Harmonized Sales Tax.

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