Metz argued that an effective attack on
high taxes would mean severely reducing
government spending, reducing deficits, and
returning economic choice back into the
hands of taxpayers.
Among his recommendations to the Fair Tax Commission were some clearly unpopular (with the NDP government) suggestions:
the privatization and selling-off of Crown corporations engaged in business activities;
an end to universality in social programs;
a flat tax rate;
visible taxes.
To the NDP government, "fair" taxes mean more taxes. As was made abundantly clear in the Far Tax Commission's Discussion Paper: Searching for Fairness, "ability to pay" was its sole guiding principle in determining "fairness".
Since lower taxes or reduced government spending are clearly not on the NDP's agenda, the Ontario government is desperate to justify both its increases in existing taxes and its plans to introduce new taxes (i.e., "wealth" taxes) to the electorate. Ontario's Fair Tax Commission is one way that the NDP can appear to be addressing "fairness" when it is in fact implementing the most unfair spending and taxing programs in this province's history.
Public hearings before the Fair Tax Commission were to conclude June 24, 1993 in Barrie.
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