Tax exempt fast food
So everyone is up in arms over Kaiser McGuinty's removal of the under four buck tax exemption on fast food.
To all those, allow me to pass on a giant "puhleeze". I apologize, but this poor-little-rich-kid-turned-pinko-commie-wannabe is just gonna have to let a bit of hot air out. And don't think I'm defending Ol' Dalty, I'm just taking a stab at all the parents and the pundits.
See, I hear all these moms and pops complaining that because of this "new" tax, high school kids will be forced to buy much cheaper, but less healthy, food at school: pizza, burgers, hot dogs - that sort of thing.
To that, I say: "umm...kids will always buy that stuff. "
You think some teenager is torn between a club salad and pizza? If people are so concerned about kids eating healthily, why are there cafeterias selling burgers? In fact, why are there cafeterias at all? Let me ask you, Concerned-Parents-Against-Kids-Eating-Shit-For-Food-At-School, do you know what's even cheaper than giving your kid some money to buy food at school? This thing called a g-r-o-c-e-r-y store. Give the brats a bag lunch.
As you can see, ol' Matty was a bit peeved at this point. So, later that night I had an overwhelming urge for a Tim Hortons cherry cruller: at the line-up, I noticed a petition (!) in opposition to this "unfair" tax. "How can he tax our coffee and donuts? Whatever will us coffee-and-donut eating people of the world do now that we must pay 12 cents more? We will go hungry, alas!" And to that, I say: "you're eating fucking coffee and muffins at a fucking Tim Horton's. This isn't a shelter being closed, this isn't social assistance being cut, this isn't a tuition raise or a Canada Pension cut. This is a tax on a treat.
So I say, tax the hell out of the treats. Maybe people will learn to make their own donuts or something. Anyone know how?
To all those, allow me to pass on a giant "puhleeze". I apologize, but this poor-little-rich-kid-turned-pinko-commie-wannabe is just gonna have to let a bit of hot air out. And don't think I'm defending Ol' Dalty, I'm just taking a stab at all the parents and the pundits.
See, I hear all these moms and pops complaining that because of this "new" tax, high school kids will be forced to buy much cheaper, but less healthy, food at school: pizza, burgers, hot dogs - that sort of thing.
To that, I say: "umm...kids will always buy that stuff. "
You think some teenager is torn between a club salad and pizza? If people are so concerned about kids eating healthily, why are there cafeterias selling burgers? In fact, why are there cafeterias at all? Let me ask you, Concerned-Parents-Against-Kids-Eating-Shit-For-Food-At-School, do you know what's even cheaper than giving your kid some money to buy food at school? This thing called a g-r-o-c-e-r-y store. Give the brats a bag lunch.
As you can see, ol' Matty was a bit peeved at this point. So, later that night I had an overwhelming urge for a Tim Hortons cherry cruller: at the line-up, I noticed a petition (!) in opposition to this "unfair" tax. "How can he tax our coffee and donuts? Whatever will us coffee-and-donut eating people of the world do now that we must pay 12 cents more? We will go hungry, alas!" And to that, I say: "you're eating fucking coffee and muffins at a fucking Tim Horton's. This isn't a shelter being closed, this isn't social assistance being cut, this isn't a tuition raise or a Canada Pension cut. This is a tax on a treat.
So I say, tax the hell out of the treats. Maybe people will learn to make their own donuts or something. Anyone know how?
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