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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2014-06-04, Page 44 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, June 4,2014 www.seaforthhuronexpositorcom Ilion Expositor PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 P.O. Box 69, 8 Main Street Seaforth Ontario NOK phone: 519-527-0240 fax: 519-527-2858 www.seaforthhuronexpositor SUN MEDIA A Quebecor Media Company • NEIL CLIFFORD Publisher neil.clifford@sunmedia.ca MAXWELL BICKFORD Advertising Rep. max.bickford@sunmedia.ca DIANNE MCGRATH Front Office seaforth.classifieds@sunmedia.ca WHITNEY SOUTH Multimedia Journalist seaforth.news@sunmedia.ca SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 YEAR $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 2 YEAR $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) SENIORS 60 WEEKS $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 120 WEEKS $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT RO. Box 69 Seaforth ON NOK For any non -deliveries or delivery concerns: phone: 519-527-0240 Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canada, editorial Tax cuts benefit all It's time to drop the rich versus poor narrative. A report released Tuesday by the non-partisan Parliamentary Budget Office tells us tax cuts benefit everyone. That's probably not news to those who already under- stand the problems of an ever-expanding state. But it's a wake-up call to the tax -and -spend crowd. The report studied the impact of federal tax changes from 2005-2013. It doesn't look at corporate tax - just income and commodity taxes, including the GST reductions in 2006 and 2008. And guess what? These moves helped everyone. "In total, cumulative changes have reduced federal tax revenue by $30 billion, or 12%. These changes have been progressive, overall. Low and middle-income earners have benefited more, in relative terms, than higher -income earners!' Tax cuts since 2005 have resulted in a 4% increase in after-tax income for households earning between $12,200 and $23,300. Here's a stat that will upset those who think tax breaks only help the rich: The 10% of top earners only saw an increase of 1.4%. So whenever someone marches in the streets for more handouts, entitlements or grants they should pause for a minute and ask if they really want to harm lower-income Canadians. Because that's what big government does. Canada's taxation system was, of course, progressive long before the period the PBO studied. But clearly that doesn't mean low-income earners still aren't getting hosed. After all, no matter what percentage of the burden low- income earners carry, if the overall size of government increases those people are going to have to bear some of that growth. And that's just wrong. That's why there's only one true path to prosperity for all Canadians. It's not fancy government programs. It's not redistribution of wealth. It's not picking winners and losers in business. Here's how we succeed together: Reduce the size of gov- ernment. Reduce the debt. Bring down the tax rates for everyone (while eliminating niche tax credits). Let people keep more of their own money. Taxpayer money should be invested in the economy, creating jobs or buying Canadian goods. The hard-earned money of regular working folks shouldn't be caught up in the slow-moving cogs of government. Leaving the city behind They say you learn some- thing new everyday. And for me, it pretty much rings true. Last Wednesday I had the oppor- tunity to visit a local dairy farm with a group of first year medi- cal students from Western University. Walking around Eckerlea Acres was an excellent time to really reflect on what I had learned about myself since moving to Huron County a little over six months ago. Not only that, but hearing the students' questions, not to mention sitting down and talk- ing with them, made me quite relieved I wasn't the only one in town who couldn't tell the important differences between a John Deere and a Massey Ferguson. One's green, one's red, sorry folks, that's all I've got. Really, you should be impressed I got that far. But seriously. When talking to my city friends, I'm often asked ques- tions as to what it is I like about Seaforth. After all, there's no mall, no fancy coffee establishments - Tim Hortons' doesn't count - and supposedly nothing to do. So, in the interest of investi- gative journalism, I posed those same questions to the visiting students. Would you ever consider moving to a rural community after this? Why or why not? What, if anything, have you enjoyed about the area? I shouldn't have been Colu mn Whitney Huron Ex South positor shocked by the answers, but I was just the same. Of the three students I spoke to, all of them told me they would consider moving to the country to prac- tice medicine. A second consensus among the group was, besides the scenery, the time they spent with people within the community was what really made their expe- rience great. Words like 'caring' and 'gen- uine' were commonplace in our discussions, sometimes comparing life here to that of a big city. It seems young people now- adays actually do want social interaction. Who knew? Since coming here, I've changed a lot. I've started to see it everyday. I listened to the students' comments and complaints about life in the city. How it's nice to just get away and drive, with all the green and sun and air. They talked about worries I used to have like noise, busy streets and over -crowded roads. I even found myself handing out directions, encouraging them to make the most of their time and see what the area had to offer. Though graduation may be a long way off, Seaforth might just be lucky enough to see some of these young people return someday to start their careers. After all, what do they have to lose, besides their daily trip to Starbucks? 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