HST going up on P.E.I.: Your comments

The harmonized sales tax increase from P.E.I.'s annual budget is getting a lot of people talking.

The one per cent increase was announced Tuesday, in the annual budget speech.

• P.E.I. budget announces increase in HST
• P.E.I. budget misses balanced target in 2016-17
• P.E.I. opposition takes aim at HST hike

We posted the story to our CBC Prince Edward Island Facebook page, and got a lot of reaction most of them opposed to the hike.

(Please note that usernames are not necessarily the names of commenters. Some comments have been altered to correct spelling and to conform to CBC style.)

"So many folks are having hard times now.After October, when is this ever going to stop.Groceries are way too highnow for the middle class ...and now 15 per cent HST in October," wroteFayeFord.

"I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that people are angry about the tax increase," wrote JeffBarrett."Islanders scream for more services, better roads, more money for health and education, and yet expect not to have to pay for it? Maybe we need to start teaching economics in school so the next generation understand you only get what you pay for."

"Ridiculous!Gas up, tourist season is coming. Up with everything on this Island. Hurting the little people again," wroteCherylGingras.

"We keep asking for government services. There is a cost to everything. And who pays for all this? We who are working pay for everyone who is not working. We need to get more people off of their butts and start contributing tax money ASAP," wroteUrbanMaclellan.

Jennifer Prinz wrote,"I wonder how the campaign to get Islanders to come home will be affected by this. Hmmmfive per centin Alberta to 15 per centin P.E.I., sure I love to pay 10 per centmore to purchase the same things."

Many Islanders also reacted to the tax increase on Twitter.

And while the budget had many people riled up, this Twitter user was not.