Dear Editor:
Since the Liberals have come to power, they have lowered our taxes. For some people this is good. We can take our money and go south and buy groceries and fuel. But this is a "double negative." We are not supporting local businesses and generating taxes that could go to support education and health care.
Essentially, the Liberals have created a "user-pay" tax system.
What we used to pay in our personal income tax, and money from business taxes, when the rates were higher went to support our safety net.
Now, we have gone the way of the majority of states down south.
There are very few that benefit from lower taxes. The disparity between the wealthy and the middle class has increased exponentially.
There is no "extra money" in my pocket from these so-called tax breaks.The Liberals plan to put hundreds of millions towards LNG projects. This would not see any dividends for at least 12 years from now, if they had the contracts today. That is the term of a child's public education. There are no guarantees with such projects, but there are futures for our kids. Those futures look bleak, however, if the Liberals don't get their priorities straight. Stop mortgaging our children's future on your "pipe dream." Invest in reality. Invest in our kids. Invest in our education system.
Invest in their future.
Dennis Lee
North Vancouver
