@Rick Tubania:  While it may be true that no one person has filed for bankruptcy, did you maybe think that a person could still be kicked out of their place of residence because of the GET and it's multiplier effect on the cost of food, health care, and medications?  Maybe they literally couldn't afford to declare bankruptcy because they didn't have money to hire a lawyer?  The last time I checked, there are a lot more homeless people now than back in 2008 when the GET tax didn't exist.  My point in all of this is you cannot say without a shadow of a doubt that the .05 percent surcharge hasn't resulted in someone becoming homeless.  Remember that only the middle class with enough assets and the rich can afford to actually declare bankruptcy (lawyers are expensive), so you saying that "no one (individuals) have filed for bankruptcy because of the .05 percent surcharge" doesn't really say much.  I'll bet there's at least a few people out there that have ran out of money because of it.