HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-09-21, Page 12lr NI
By Q. MacLeod Ross
In his recent book, "Life
and Politics", Lord Eccles
Ring dart
come". In other "words, \
government • will spend
amount it can lay its hands'
on.
What. was needed and what
everyone e;pectedwere reports.
on how to reduce government
spending at all echelons.. Row
to reduce the extravagance of
. government spending. "It is riot
meet to take the childrens'
, bread and cast it to the dogs'k.
As an example of Law 2, let
us suppose you • could afford two
' TV sets., taut you feel there
are. other things which should
come first. Your money when
spent by 'government', can: af•
ford two NEW gym'1asia at
the high school. They would
have had three, but one was
"converted to other purposes".
Do you believe that any official
gave your pocket a thought?
One board member has already
said that it would have been
cheaper to send' the pupils to
Clinton. - Do you believe any
effort was made to des: to
° normal economic standar°? If
you,, have doubts, look what was
done by the Cobourg .School
Board, or at Willow Park in
Scarboro'. Compare all •this
spent at 14 Dntar"i'd"Universi.
ties.
You have onlyto catch a free
ride out .to the Ontario Hospital
to see a magnificent private
garden. So fresh, so dewy with
To Pay$mith
water,, even while you 1111. -Q041. becomC'laW, yQu bu$r a Pac.lokge
erich are restricted, Compare (4 seed for JO? plus tax,, In
'
?n;mer
s ith thea l ,att
due course. 5A lettuceplants
harden Which the Z$' their ugly herds, each va•
Goderich; Council Parks Dept. hied by the local • comtnissar
can afford. Do you realise that ° at 350 each« Youhaveincreased
it is YOUR money the Province ` Your income by. MO, even if
uses to embellish ,its manyand YOU eat. theme yourself. If you
varied installations on a scale teed them to your nextof kin
which they deny to your, muni• itl suf�ficieht oquantities you
cipaltty? Why, even the Provii. could ruin her or hire,
cial police 'H.9, can sport„ a Undoubtedly one of the
better flower bed thanGoderichfp:eater anomalies of these,red
town. ports " lies not so much in
A s a further example of Law the open declaration of war.
2, ' take the principle which fare . between the federal and
untieriies the multifarious me. - provincial governments for a
thods and means which Crter biggbr share of your- body, but
has devised -to rook you. From• ° • rather in the nit.picking . me.
this day on the fruit of your thods ' proposed ' to drain the
brain shall be regarded as ca• uttermost farthing with ,the
pita! – government capital, maximum of trespass on the
While you are young and in. privacy of the individual.
nocent, the government will di. I you thought you were flesh
vert the savings of other and and blood, you will Soon find
older men to provide you free, out you are just a cstpher. All
with ,the best educational buil. the preliminary Euntare about a
dings it is possible to build, 'simplified scheme' – a cso. r
Once you are weaned; once you phisticated rearrangement of
have left the ivied halls and are government handouts' – all this
out on your own, using the ta• 1 is dead mutton, forgotten in
lents which God, not the govern. a spate of gluttony! All we have
ment, gave you, the govern. to look forward to in 1974 they
ment will tax You, to within an ,°warn is: (1) Income tax 13%
.agLfrlisaocartandiffgh-.;„
probably beyond. In plain 'Eng. (3) Gasoline up 31. (4) Industry
lash you are tobe fattened until tax up g%, (5) Liquor up 7% ,
such time as you can provide and, as far as is decently pos.
GARDEN REFUSE,
BRUSH, ETC.
PICK -MP
Friday, Sept. 22nd
MATERIAL ON THE BOULEVARD BY B.:00 A.M.
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, ACROSS THE
ENTIRE TOWN, WILL BE PICKED UP.
-TOWN OF .GOCIERICH
37-38
• Business
Diredory
Ronald L. McDonald
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
FINANCIAL. COUNIULL.
N-5TREET NORTH
GODERICH, CANADA
Associated wtth the leading Caner:Ilan and American Mutual Funds
REFRIGERATION
and
APPLIANCE SERVICE
An makes — All types
GERRY'S APPLIANCES,
The Square
Phone 5244434
"Tth'2. -store That Service
Tel 524-9531
Res 524-9143b
PETER S. MacEWAN
INSURANCE A6ENCY
REAL.' OR
44 Nom, Street
GodetIch, Oaf
Akxander and
Chapman
GENERAL INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
;Canadian -imperial Bahlr
Commerce Building
Goderich
.Dial 5244662
the money for your voracious
government to squander.
During the war years, one of
the greatest frusfration.s was
due to food- rationing. YoU could
not offer hospitality to a friend.
Under the proposed Carter
niles we are again going to
suffer this frustration. It goes
like this: You -invite X to din.
ner. Ile, hums and haWs. "Wait
a Sec.', I must see how, I stand
financially". A few minutes la.
ter he phones. "Sorry old man.
One more dinner and I am in
a higher tax bracket".
Then • you will read in the
is in hospital following an alter.'
cation with her cat. No flowers
by request". You are not pink,.
to be allowed to dispense one
drop of the milk of human kind.
ness without it going through
the government cash register.
All the intagible virtues; all
the little niceties of life are
to be given a monetary value.
For 'some extraordinay reason
Love is still free. Your family,
may not be able to afford to
visit you because -a stay would
cost them more than remaining
at home. Your boc,rd and lodg.
ing would be costed and added
to their income. Would it be
possible for man to show great.
er inhumanity to man? But just
consider all the account keep.
ing this will entail. You may
have. to swear before a fudge
and on the Bible that a week..
end witlt Aunt Agatha'sva worth
53.47. Consider the hosts of
investigators, secret agents,
spies the government will re.
quire to hire. If you thonght a
mild depression in Canada
would 'halt inflation and c,ause
unemployment, banish the
thought. The army of accgunt.
ants which these proposals will
entail will be counted in bat.
talions and brigades. Nol There
will never be any unemployment
:The writuig is on e
The governments have given
notice they spend more.
The princIple is to be estab.
hailed that your emoluments in
kind will be translated iiito
dollars and cents and added to
your taxable income. You will'
pay more and , have lets. If
these highly communistic 'ideas
G. C. WHITE
Accredited
Public Accountant
811 Illgin Ave. W. 5244797
Gederich Dated!)
•
OPTOMITRIST
The Square
524-7461
A. M. HARPER
TIRLIIPHONI
GO.DIIRICH, ONTARIO 52475412
Wore invoittni inviolate -.
tiNITED ACCUMULATIVE
FUND LTD. -
ALBERT I- 'SHORE
ft -410tiwviativie
$2A Outlitt 5244144
FAST
StRVICE
be dealt a calculated and stun.
ning blow with a 35% property
Tax.
Your 'friendly hospital' will
also rocket its charges, for it
toa will have to pay for its
fabric and ground. Parliament
buildings and all the new offiees
for the civil • ser -vice 'will be
taxed, but the tax will be re.
turned as a grant in aid. All '
to provide more 'work for the
accountants. -
Truly to him that hath and
from him that „hatli not, shall
be taken away even that which
he thought he had: Sonak have
called these Robin Hood pro.
posals. Nothiilg of the sort!
Merely robbin, all and sundry
to ensure an overallreductionin
the standard a living: The re. -
spective governments are to be
arrayed in fine purple and cloth
of gold, while the people •grovel
'in sackcloth and ashes.
So goodbye hospitality, cha.-
rity, help, philanthropy, initia.
courtesy, benevolence, pity,
piety, , gratitude, and succour.
None of these is of any acCount
to accountants -
v., Parkinson was not just non.
constructive.- He made a very
constructive suggestion: That
all peacetime taxation (federal,
provincial, municipal, whether
direct or indirect) should he
bY law to 20 per cent
of the national Ancome. He
claims that when the taxes rise
to 25%, serious inflation re.
duces the value of revenue col.
lected, as well as that in the
hands of taxpayers. At 30% there
'is a decline in national influ.
ence which -becomes obvious to
the world aflarge. At 355., you
meet disaster and a' visible de.
cline in freedom and stability.
Today, he points out, the U.S.A.
is at about the 30% level, and if
America is there, can Canada
be far behind?
mission cost one million dol.
lars. It is a large sum to pay
for the adult education of the
commissioners. This apart,
they have failed to provide any
answer ,to the question:, Haw
is the goose to be induced to
lay all these eggs for squander.
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