British Columbia’s Shameless Liquor Price Scam

BC Government is taking us back to the days of Prohibition.

And it’s getting away with it despite international trade agreements.

As usual, it’s a tax on the middle class and low income earners.

A $5 American bottle of wine costs in BC anywhere from $15 to $25 depending on how popular it is.

President Trump, are you listening?

This is what we call gouging the public. Ouch !

Canada Chronicle has examined how taking the federal and provincial sales taxes out of the base price has morphed into a full-blown scam to rip-off the consumer with the most outrageous prices on this continent. It actually started about 4 years ago by the BC Liberal government that passes itself off as the free enterprise crowd. For decades the price of liquor at BC Government stores included all taxes. In 2015 BC Liquor Monopoly, probably the worst in the world, appeared to give a “break” to the drinking public by separating the provincial and federal taxes from the rest of the price. Was anybody fooled by this trick except the village idiot? We don’t think so, since most of what we pay at the till is tax, anyways. For a few weeks or months the public was deceived into believing that they were going to pay less, 15-percent in taxes over a price reduction  from which some taxes were subtracted, although Liquor store employees said it was a scam to charge even more in the future. They were right. Soon the base prices started going up, and we hoped it would stop after making up the 15-percent loss. It didn’t. Then comes the BC NDP after the Liberals lost the provincial election. As an example of unashamed hypocrisy, BC NDP had accused the Liberals of imposing a hidden tax in liquor prices.

Who screwed the consumer more, the Liberals or NDP ?

Canada Chronicle Suggests BC NDP wins the hypocrisy contest

The NDP, short for New Democratic Party, also known as the Tax Freaks, were salivating at having found an inexhaustible source for taxes thanks to their rivals’ underhanded trick. As of today the government is said to make about 1 billion dollars worth of profits per year, taxing the tax on the tax. Some estimates go 2 or 3 times that amount.

Bellingham, Washington: $5.99 Vancouver: $18.99 Retail

Since 2015 wine prices have risen gradually and underhandedly from 50 to a 100 percent if not more. Under the NDP Government the liquor control board has instituted a “What do consumers like to buy?” watch. If a brand catches on, its price is immediately raised by 25 to 35 percent or more. Since most British Columbians are having difficulty paying their rents and making ends meet, God knows where the hell they’re spending those profits.

Is Government Pushing Drugs On Us ?

BC’s Liquor Control & Licensing Branch, probably the world’s worst monopoly, recently changed its name to Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch. Is the government pushing drugs on us with its outrageous liquor prices?

September 1, 2019