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cdnjeepin · 05-11-2006, 06:09 AM

For people in bigger citys..transit systems are possible, but for where I am...there is no bus system...you either, walk, bike or drive..and I live 15kms from work..which I am not walking, i do bike it sometimes..but really..its a necessity for me to drive.

Now what I don't get is that we are the 2nd largest supplier of crude oil to the US..we also refine it here, ship it to the US and then BUY IT BACK...WTF???

Personally I think the GST needs to be taken out of Gas and home heating oil, propane etc...it is a necessity.. And for those who say its not a necessity but a luxury are crazy...I will agree that driving the big H1 or a Lexus or something along that line is a luxury..but for most of us..gas is a necessity..we need to go get groceries, get to work, etc...In some places I am sure you can use a transit system to do that..but a lot of the smaller communitites that Canada is made up of does not have that benefit.

But they will never take the GST out of it..every time gas goes up...they make how many more millions in GST??

So what can we do?? probably nothing..until prices for everything get so high that the economy goes into a recession..I know costs keep going up for me, hydro, cable, phone, gas, etc, etc...but my paycheck doesn't go up...so that means I have even less spendable income..

Oh and before someone tells me to move closer to work...I live 15mins from work..which is the country here, so my 1.36acres and small house is worth about 85K..now if I moved that into where I work..its probably 150K home now..and i would have a building lot..and not 1.36 acres..So by moving closer I would lose my equity, have a higher mortgage payment, and higher Ins payments

05-11-2006, 06:09 AM	#33 (permalink)
cdnjeepin Crazy Location: Truro, Nova Scotia	For people in bigger citys..transit systems are possible, but for where I am...there is no bus system...you either, walk, bike or drive..and I live 15kms from work..which I am not walking, i do bike it sometimes..but really..its a necessity for me to drive. Now what I don't get is that we are the 2nd largest supplier of crude oil to the US..we also refine it here, ship it to the US and then BUY IT BACK...WTF??? Personally I think the GST needs to be taken out of Gas and home heating oil, propane etc...it is a necessity.. And for those who say its not a necessity but a luxury are crazy...I will agree that driving the big H1 or a Lexus or something along that line is a luxury..but for most of us..gas is a necessity..we need to go get groceries, get to work, etc...In some places I am sure you can use a transit system to do that..but a lot of the smaller communitites that Canada is made up of does not have that benefit. But they will never take the GST out of it..every time gas goes up...they make how many more millions in GST?? So what can we do?? probably nothing..until prices for everything get so high that the economy goes into a recession..I know costs keep going up for me, hydro, cable, phone, gas, etc, etc...but my paycheck doesn't go up...so that means I have even less spendable income.. Oh and before someone tells me to move closer to work...I live 15mins from work..which is the country here, so my 1.36acres and small house is worth about 85K..now if I moved that into where I work..its probably 150K home now..and i would have a building lot..and not 1.36 acres..So by moving closer I would lose my equity, have a higher mortgage payment, and higher Ins payments Last edited by cdnjeepin; 05-11-2006 at 06:48 AM..