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12 THE RURAL VOICE
Mabel's Grill
The
world's
problems
are
solved
daily
'round
the table
at
Mabel 's.
"Haven't they heard there's a
crisis out here on the farm?" growled
George McKenzie after Dave
Winston mentioned reading an article
in the paper that the local council was
expecting a big tax increase this year.
"They say they've got behind
because they were trying to hold the
line for years and now they've got to
catch up," said Dave.
"Wouldn't it be terrible if
government employees didn't get
their cost -of -living -plus" said
George.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we could
say 'we've been falling behind for
years and now we need $25 a bushel
for corn'." said Cliff Murray.
"I'd take just getting what 1 did
last year for my beef," said George.
"What I'd like to know is where they
think we're supposed to find the
money to pay for a tax increase, not
to mention nutrient management
plans and all the other stuff they
think we should be spending money
on so we can have the privilege of
farming and losing money."
"And of course some genius at the
assessment office decides your farm
is worth more just because other
idiois have been spending too much
on farmland so you're supposed to be
rich enough to be able to pay even
higher taxes," said Dave.
"I never thought I'd say it but the
GST looks good that way," said
Cliff. "At least with GST if you can't
afford to spend money you don't
have to pay more taxes."
"Yeh but think of how much GST
we've paid to the Liberals for this
sponsorship boondoggle," said
George.
"I don't know, I was wishing
they'd kept that sponsorship program
in place and they could give farmers
a hundred million for painting
Canadian flags on the sides of their
cattle." said Cliff. "At least we could
make some money then."
"Might make up for some of the
money we're not getting from the
Americans," said George.
"Poor Americans, seems like
we're the source of all their
problems," said Dave. "I mean they
blame us for BSE, their pork
producers are upset because there are
too many pigs going south and the
wheat guys think the Wheat Board is
cheating."
"Not to mention they say we're a
haven for terrorists," said Cliff.
"Which we probably are," said
George.
"I'm surprised they haven't
decided to invade us to clean up the
mess we're in," said Cliff.
"Well they wouldn't need to tie up
many troops the way they have in
Iraq," said George, "not with the
state of our army."
"You know when you look at how
much money the Americans have
been shoveling into Iraq, maybe we'd
be better off if they did invade," said
Dave.
"There was a funny book like that
once." said Cliff. "This tiny country
was going broke back in the 1950s
and they saw how much the
Americans paid to the Germans and
the Japanese after they lost the
Second World War and thought
they'd be better off if they lost a war
with the U.S. so they could get
compensation."
"You've gotta admit the
Americans are the most generous
victors in history when they win a
war," said George.
"Yeh, have you seen how much
money George Bush has generously
given to his friends to rebuilding
Iraq?" said Cliff.
"So did this little country get its
money?" wondered Dave.
"Well the problem is they invaded
New York during one of the big
nuclear alerts they had back then and
everybody was in fallout shelters and
the Americans didn't even realized
had been attacked so all the effort
was for nothing," said Cliff.
"Huh, if they wanted to get the
Americans attention they should be
have brought along one cow with
BSE," said George.0