Tell a conservative that some taxes are actually good and beneficial, and you will be greeted with a deer caught in the headlights stare. The concept is unknown to them.
Vision thus impaired, the Ford Nation will be easily led.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford scored an early victory when council voted to do away with the vehicle registration tax, but some people unhappy with the move are returning their refunds.
When council killed the tax in December it meant a savings for car owners but a monetary hit to the city coffers of $56 million.
The city started mailing out $60 rebates in February to those who had pre-paid to register their passenger vehicles for 2011.
After Etobicoke resident Stephen Douglas got his cheque, he said he "really felt torn."
"It means that there isn't funding in the city for other things the city really needs the funding for," he said.
So Douglas decided to deliver the cheque earlier this week to the mayor's office with a letter.
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