hawc
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In other news, the mayor prevented a huge city worker strike today. Something Miller failed miserably at. Just one more thing UT will never give him credit for. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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my taxes on my semi are higher than for a comparable home in the rest of the GTA. I'm not talking tax rate, but total tax bill. That's the true comparison number that home owners look at, not the tax mill rate or percentage.Look, until Toronto property taxes are *at least* in line with the rest of the GTA, there is no reasonable discussion to be had about wholesale budget cuts.
The mayor cannot prevent a strike. Only the union can, so I expect you'll give them credit for that.In other news, the mayor prevented a huge city worker strike today. Something Miller failed miserably at. Just one more thing UT will never give him credit for.![]()
Sure, by offering them more $ than they were asking for. I'm sure for the pro-union folks like you that's a good thing.In other news, the mayor prevented a huge city worker strike today.
Surely that means that Miller was pushing for more concessions than the Union was willing to take than Ford was.Something Miller failed miserably at...
False budget problems. Is it not a surplus?So, er, what do you people think(!) should be done about Toronto's massive budget problems, that Ford was elected to fix? Before Torontonians actually found out they might have to pay for what they use?
In other news, the mayor prevented a huge city worker strike today. Something Miller failed miserably at. Just one more thing UT will never give him credit for.![]()
my taxes on my semi are higher than for a comparable home in the rest of the GTA. I'm not talking tax rate, but total tax bill. That's the true comparison number that home owners look at, not the tax mill rate or percentage.
It makes sense that cities in the GTA with lower house valuations have higher mill rates, since they need a high total tax bill for the house in question. Toronto achieves this by having high property valuations, so we can have lower mill rates while still returning higher total tax dollars to the city for a similar sized home in Mississauga.
In other news, the mayor prevented a huge city worker strike today. Something Miller failed miserably at. Just one more thing UT will never give him credit for.![]()
If he was elected to fix the massive budget problems, why did he cut the Vehicle Registration Tax and threaten to cut the Land Transfer Tax, both moves which make the budget problem worse?
False budget problems. Is it not a surplus?
Problem is not one of those taxes you cite goes to the city. The vehicle tax was what ... $5 a month? It's hard to take the whining about that too seriously given that we are having transit riders pay about $125 a month. The city pays far more than $5 a month on maintaining roads for people to drive cars ... why shouldn't people who drive cars pay for what they use?The vehicle registration tax and land transfer taxes were "pile on" taxes designed to bleed people more than should be allowed. We already pay for licenses, we pay sales taxes on cars, we pay 2 different (amounting to 35% of cost) gasoline taxes and we pay gas guzzler taxes on cars. How much more is enough before people start cutting spending?
Problem is not one of those taxes you cite goes to the city. The vehicle tax was what ... $5 a month? It's hard to take the whining about that too seriously given that we are having transit riders pay about $125 a month. The city pays far more than $5 a month on maintaining roads for people to drive cars ... why shouldn't people who drive cars pay for what they use?
Gasoline taxes go to the province, and go to general revenue. If you take the total square feet of paved roads in the City of Toronto, you'll find that the vast majority is not maintained by the province.If they don't (and I believe they do, via gasoline taxes) then yes, they should.