Editor:
I'm willing to bet that all those that submitted their support for a "Yes" vote on the transit referendum are people earning six-figure salaries, including David Suzuki, those speaking on behalf of the B.C. Chamber and the Vancouver Board of Trade and more.
All of them and many of us, including me, will not suffer from the sales tax increasing by seven to eight per cent (even on big ticket items, which the wealthier might then purchase in Abbotsford) but the poor and middle income earner must be near their limit.
Again they're being asked to open "pandora's box" (we know this is only the start) and pay for what previously was always a provincial responsibility - one has to wonder why a sales tax increase (often abused) and not a fraction of a percentage income tax increase.
If the provincial government is worried about those outside of Vancouver helping to pay, they might consider improving rural highways and bridges and having some more police patrol. I know the money is needed and I'm not telling anyone how to vote but we're sure getting a lot of publicity (most paid for by taxpayers) to vote "Yes," so let's consider everything.
Bill Vander Zalm
