The Editor,
Have you ever heard of Umeris Syndromus Novus Demokratias (USND)?
It’s a new medical phenomena that is effecting the middle class workers of this province since the election of the NDP (Novus Demokratias).
The symptoms include a crushing sensation starting at the shoulders (Umeris) that radiate down the back and culminates in a terrible burning sensation in the posterior. Medical practitioners have determined the symptoms are psychosomatic.
It’s caused by the fact the middle class has been burdened by over-taxation, frustration with a government that seems extremely innovative in creating new taxes and a belief we are carrying the cost of running this province on our shoulders.
In all seriousness, we are being taxed to death. Several years ago the Fraser Institute released a report that stated that an obscene 42% of our income goes to paying taxes in one form or another.
And that was before the legislation of the carbon tax, the soon to be introduced mobility tax and taxes on small businesses to make up for the loss of revenue from the reduction of MSP payments. This tax increase will trickle down to higher prices on goods to cover the tax.
And without doubt, there are more to come.
What is really perplexing is that the NDP lack even a modicum of shame. I seem to remember when the Liberals began to install red light cameras and the NDP were apoplectic and outraged at this action, calling it a cash cow, a hidden tax and an invasion of privacy.
Now, the NDP are installing 140 cameras, under the auspices of saving lives and making our roads safer.
Yeah, sure!
Can you say ka-ching?
I’m all for measures that will penalize anyone who speeds or runs red lights. However, I do have a real issue with a government that personifies hypocrisy. I can’t imagine how much damage they would do if they weren’t the “people’s party” as they claim.
We, who live in the Lower Mainland, are living in one of the most expensive communities in Canada. Losing nearly 50% of our income to government coffers makes the prospect of raising our families comfortably almost untenable and for many unattainable.
How many are at their breaking points? When we can no longer afford to buy bread, will Mr. Horgan tell us to eat cake?
Neil Swanson
Coquitlam
