[BC crew] What are you spending your $100 dividend on?

Dyne · 06-23-2008, 08:40 PM

So in BC they just mailed out a "Climate Action Dividend" of $100 and I'm pretty sure they won't keep tabs on how you spend it. It's a pretty lol plan but hey, any free amount of money is fine by me.

http://www.smartchoicesbc.ca/EN/home/

Anyways, what are my fellow BC people spending it on?

Personally, I'm considering a pair of oakleys for when I'm running, to decrease my wind drag and improve my aerodynamics. Yes, I know, completely bullshit, like this free money.

Aladuf · 06-23-2008, 08:47 PM

I want free monies

Typhoid · 06-23-2008, 08:51 PM

Well considering the money is coming from the overpayment on taxes we in BC have, and is basically hush money for the 3 cent raise per Litre on gas they're enacting, I'll probably just stick my money in the bank, considering A) It's money I earned anyways and B) It'll get taxed eventually, anyhow.

flunkie44 · 06-23-2008, 08:53 PM

I'm probably just going to buy a garden gnome or something.

The Germanator · 06-23-2008, 09:11 PM

We Americans get this except it's called "an economic stimulus package" and we get $600! Take that, Canadians. I don't know what I'll spend mine one. Probably gas...

Typhoid · 06-23-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

We Americans get this except it's called "an economic stimulus package" and we get $600! Take that, Canadians. I don't know what I'll spend mine one. Probably gas...

This isn't all across Canada.
It's just in BC.
And they're only doing it because - as I said - they're raising the cost of gas by 3 cents a litre, bringing it to well over 1.50 a litre.

Which means, since 1 gallon is about 3.8 litres, that makes it about 5.70 a gallon for gas.

And which, my friends - makes me very, very displeased.

Bond · 06-23-2008, 09:21 PM

What's the government's rationale for the gas tax raise?

Typhoid · 06-23-2008, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond

What's the government's rationale for the gas tax raise?

"Carbon Tax."

See, the thing with the government of BC, is they really, really love awkward, confusing, unnecesary taxes.

This is the best part, which nobody looks at, either:

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As of July 1, there will be a 2.41-cent increase per litre in gasoline. By 2012, it will be 7.24 cents per litre.

Combine 017 · 06-23-2008, 09:23 PM

When do we get this delicious moneys?

Fox 6 · 06-23-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Combine 017

When do we get this delicious moneys?

I got mine today.

Im thinking ill buy a can of gas then burn it.

Bond · 06-23-2008, 09:56 PM

Sounds like a cover-up to finance the government's out-of-control spending to me. These "green initiatives" are so popular...

Vampyr · 06-24-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Bond

Sounds like a cover-up to finance the government's out-of-control spending to me. These "green initiatives" are so popular...

Maybe, but random taxes like that aren't really uncommon.

They're adding a few cents onto the gas tax here in Kentucky as well, but our last governor left things in pretty bad shape (not entirely his fault, our state is full of idiotic Representatives), so they have to fix it somehow.

It's just funny how they tax the one thing people are already complaining about.

Personally, I think they should start taxing dental products. No one will really complain if they have to pay an extra nickel on their toothbrush or toothpaste or some dental floss.

Fyacin · 06-24-2008, 11:33 AM

Rofl, You're probably right Vampyr.

Dylflon · 06-24-2008, 02:12 PM

DVDs and sushi.

Dyne · 06-24-2008, 04:25 PM

So at the bank today, I asked, and apparently not many people have deposited this. I think they must have started in the middle of the alphabets with the L's and M's.

Also, I don't get it. Is this going to EVERY adult or just the ones that have car insurance? I have the sneaking suspicion that the government is not so dense as to send money to people who've never paid a cent towards gas.