Carbon Tax - Sales Tax - crap tax - scrap tax, - scrap TAXES

Well I hate to admit it but some nasty thoughts crop into my brain sometimes.

I read about the "carbon tax" in the local election news, and I wonder.

The government has been charging a "retail sales tax" and GST taxes on used and antique goods for years.

Since buying USED, RE-Used, and Re-Cycled materials is one of the simplest and most carbon-cost effective means of reducing our overall consumption levels , why haven't the brains in Ottawa been able to figure out that providing an incentive to people to purchase re-cycled materials would be beneficial to our economy and the world.

Just drop the PST and GST on used goods, and provide a quick and dirty incentive for more businesses to provide these goods back to the communities, instead of landfill.

Amazing. They can drop the taxes for "energy-efficient" appliances (fridges, stoves, washer, etc) to promote efficiency, but NOT drop the taxes on antiques, or re-used and refurbished items.

Right.... re-using doesn't line the pockets of the big boardrooms now does it?

After all, we wouldn't want the Canadian economy to look like a bunch of scrappers and recyclers, would we?

Only a few more years to go before we all look like the Mad Max films characters, I guess.

Please tell your local councillor, MP, and MPP that taxing Used and re-used goods goes against their newly touted "GREEN" pronouncements.

It's easy to be GREEN when you're really not.