23rd
March
2006
Divide and conquer
Budget promises are funny animals. Today, the provincial government showed off a shiny new budget that included a measure where they would pay for bus transport. Now, the fine print shows this is not exactly true. What is offered is to give a tax subsidy to any company which institutes a program to fund public transport fares for their employees. The company must create and administer the program in one of the few areas of the province that has a public transit system. The employee will not be fiscally penalized for participating in such a program. The figure given for such a measure is utopist.
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