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Would'a thunk it.
Turns out that Mr. Michael Smythe of the Province actually does have a memory that he's willing to use when it suits his purposes (and/or his old columns).
He did this with his latest on the mansion tax.
Which is interesting in a kinda/sort way if you want to click through.
But then, in the aftermath an interesting thing happened on the Twittmachine.
Someone who was previously a card carrying member of the Lotuslandian proMedia Club, and who had given Mr. Smythe kudos for the memory work, took the Dean to task for precisely the right reason:
Now.
In fairness, Mr. Palmer may have been dredging up his own memories of the original Robin Hood mansion tax from 1993 that led to a meltdown from a Dipper minister who was once the co-MLA for Upper West Cremeville.
Thing is, it would appear that Horgan et al. learned from the mistakes of yore and put in the escape hatch this time around that Mr. Skelton mentions above.
Which, of course, anyone covering the BC legislature for a major local print organ would know forwards and backwards.
Right?
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5 comments:
It seems that present day journalists have either short term memories or they were never in the market of owning a home because they were living with their parents who were facing the 1981 interest rate of 22.7% Many homeowners dropped their house keys through the mail slot of their banking institutions with a ruined credit rating.
Today's buyers, living, working here in Canada are facing super low interest rates on extremely over assessed prices on properties.
Seniors have paid their dues with high interest rates
2010 BBC post
nails in the coffin (house) in 1981
Smyth is a joke!he thinks he is a stand-up comedian LOL he Bill Good, Palmer, make the three stooges look brilliant!! Same old shilling on N.W.I am sure when their purpose is no longer required they will join Billy BULLSHIT peddling two-bit commercials.It is funny how Karma Bites Radio Talk Rock Stars contribs from Chrusty on down all end up at the manure pile from what I hear even some of their peers think their RectalRadios should be turned off
The way Mike tells it, Mr. Tha bought a house for $370K in 1987 that was assessed 6 years later at over $500K. Just over $20K per annum. A very good appreciation rate for that era, but nowhere near the $250K per annum since to it’s current $6.5 million tag. Mr. Tha has options in this circumstance that the vast majority of taxpayers in BC would be very happy to suffer.
Chilliwack MLA Laurie Throness, who has a part-time gig as the Eye of Providence, had some advice for Point Grey MLA David Eby when the latter raised the issue of runaway property values in the legislature. Throness told him to move to Agassiz or Hope; which seems to have the Dean wondering why the NDP wouldn’t be dispensing similar helpful advice.
I’ve looked for a Mike Smyth column about Mr. Tha’s outrage over the Throness advice, but can’t find one. I wonder why?
the big difference is then almost all the homes were being lived in by residents, citizens, etc. today many of the homes are empty, owned by foreign non citizens. Just have a look at Dunbar. Foreign investors may own 3 homes in Shaughnessy and leave them empty or rent them out to people the neighbours just don't want and then they burn down. different times, different attitudes.
the taxes on these hugely expensive homes are a good start when it comes to raising funds to take care of things the government needs to take care of. Most people living in Greater Vancouver have either owned their homes since back in the day and can defer their taxes. they can stop crying the blues. when they want to leave a larger estate to their children others are trying to find a decent place to live with their children. whose "rights" come first.
it won't be the first or last time some one has had to move due to rising costs. your white privilege is showing there Mr. Tha. and you don't have to be "white" to have "white privilege". lets change that to "elite" privilege.
Taxes going up simply means the government has to pay for the social services which make for a civilized society. Yes, some can't afford their property taxes on their pensions but they can defer them, so get with the agenda. Many people have had to move because they lost their jobs, had accidents and couldn't work, had their land stolen from them, the list goes on.
The only way we will stop rising property taxes on high value homes is for that value to fall. Then of course we'd hear the blame for the NDP again. the only way to stop the high cost of housing is to ban foreign ownership and that isn't going to happen. Just look at all the construction of new homes and condos and they aren't for us, just for the well to do foreign owners. So tax them if the government wants. they need to pay to build affordable housing for those who live, work, and pay taxes full time.
One could say, it is not environmental to have one or two people living in a 3K sq. ft. house. Move to something smaller and be more environmental. Ya, that isn't going to be happening either. its all that priviledge again.
What is funny, is all those columnists were writing then and complaining about Glen Clark. Today they're still writing and Glen Clark is the Pres. of the Pattison Group. OMG, it is funny. Living well is the best revenge in life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THr870Hszj4&feature=youtu.be
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