Welcome to New-fee-land: N.L. turns to social media to rip budget

Along with the tax hikes, new fees and big deficit, the Newfoundland and Labrador budget has brought a wave of shock, anger, sadness, humour and, in some case, acceptance.

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If you are a single person making between $70,000 and $80,000 a year, provincial officials estimate that the combined impact of those changes alone will take roughly $2,800 out of your pocket.

That doesn't include perks that some families would normally avail of, like baby bonuses, which were axed in the budget.

Much of the focus has been on Dwight Ball and the promises he and his party campaigned on, like not increasing the harmonized sales tax and the pledge to keep public sector jobs "safe."

Thursday's budget included a 2 per cent hike in HST as well as the announcement that 650 public sector positions would disappear.

Those tweets from then-opposition leader Dwight Ball have been repostedthe day after the budget was released, with many critizing him for those broken promises.