GST holiday: How much are you actually saving?

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The federal government will implement a two-month GST break on a list of goods, from restaurant meals to diapers. Andrew Chang explains how much you’re likely to save, depending on where you live, and why there could be some unintended consequences.

Papamousse

Well, I have no kids at home anymore so no save on clothing/diapers. I don’t go to restaurant anymore, too expensive. My wine/beer is more than 7% alcohol, so maybe I will save a few ¢ on chips.

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I think some of his estimates were light, Christmas trees are $60-$80 for real and more for artificial.

Anyways, I don’t really benefit much from this. And I agree with the Bloc, $40b deficit and we’re spending 10% of that on vote buying. I’d rather see something more meaningful done.

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Speaking of chips PepsiCo has increased the price of bag astronomically over the last few years. I basically don’t buy them any more because it’s like 6 dollars a bag.

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Christmas trees are $60-$80

If you’re struggling to make ends meet, that’s not a very reasonable item to be looking at the cost of.

I’m not buying a seasonal decoration if i cant afford to feed my kids.

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I don’t know, everyone wants to have a Christmas, I think people who can’t afford a tree this season are going to be feeling very bad.

I buy mine from a church, I’m sure they’d give out one for free if someone was struggling.

Maybe I should see if I can prepay for some trees for anyone struggling.

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everyone wants to have a Christmas

Sure, but what’s more important if you have limited money available? A tree or a meal (hopefully with leftovers)?