Sears recently made what I thought was a good business move. There will be a referendum on the hated HST in Sept. of next year and Sears was thinking that there were a lot of potential customers out there who might be putting large purchases, of services, on hold until the referendum results come in. That means a big slow down of business in the interim. So they are offering a refund of the HST if the purchase is made now and the HST is defeated in next year's vote. My own business will be facing this same dilemma in the next ten months and I would consider doing something similar in order to keep the contracts coming.
But, our provincial government is seeing this as a direct business move to influence the outcome of the referendum, and they want to take Sears to court with a legal action against them. This government has had a propaganda blitz going for quite some time now to convince the public of a lie, that more tax is less. This move against Sears, or the mere talk of it, is backfiring on them. It really makes consumers even more angry than ever at the ruling Liberals.
Yesterday our premier of ten years saw the writing on the wall and resigned. Funny how when the voters have had enough and they unite their voice, it can actually make a difference. There were 500,000 signatures on the Anti HST petition submitted a few months ago. That reflects a lot of dissatisfaction.
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