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Originally Posted by cdnjeepin
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.
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I do believe that most Canadians live in cities so, no, for most of us, gas is not a necessity.
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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
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You know, if you live 15kms from work, even if gas were a buck a litre, it would still cost you less than two dollars a day to commute to work, including the round trip. I don't recall what gas prices used to be but even if they have quadrupled, it still amounts to a cup of coffee a day. If you can't budget an extra cup of coffee for your day than you had bigger financial issues than the price of gas!