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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-03-04, Page 23�• ,mwt. .144 THE BLUi THUMB GQD1RIG» SIGNAL -STAR,' 'HURSD,�4 ,,MA Q & syour funeral As this --is-gswritten there., erected its' za'reioa, arid having of the country, then the division official guide lines ands:tdon ngs .search for documents and Make' remain eight to, ten weeks to B . • . Day. What the `131;' stands for is on a par with Mr. Trudeau's 'F', It is for each man to provide his own interpretation, but with this assistance. The dictionary allows . one and a half .:`4's' -to one `F'. Anyhow the wading the Press thrown °down thea gauntlet of of the population into Master future tax treatment so that it is , seizures on the authority of the challenge " to the proletariat, and Servant will be 'complete possible to obtain a cast-iron flimsiest of legal processes. The would',rnake some response to and never —well hardly ever, the opinion before the tax statement taxpayer gets no advance notice successive r, attacks; that the twain shall exchange positions. is filed, rather than wake up and so no opportunity to object. critics ' would receive some It is the begin illit of the end'of some months later' and be - This tremendous power is indication of the extent to free enterprise and the beginning dunned.. '. , ' . someti'rnes- used to terrorise and which their ren'rarks had gone of a future of governmental Undoubtedly the , mo"St' intimidate,. taxpayers. As Mr. `home'; some idea 'of the ,de.pth'autocracy. pernicious piece of, procedure is Asper remarks: "a taxpayer gives is that Mr. Benson's White of penetration into the hide.,The threadbare excuse for the that the-ta*pay,er is ',ALWAYS suspected of legal avoidance of " Paper will be tabled within ten 'But they were y�vrong. in ,their reforms" is in the' words°which • wrong until he proves otherwise. 1 weeks and Gid"hetp the sailors surmises, for the Minister ''who have been is, in your lips: So theere-goes,another,.ipiece' of, 1° on a night like •that. had begun' with jolly seances, "Canadians • ' want more Apglo/Canadian justree. „It is' h • w aaa •..b, `�n.1�.lbe...�r.��>N,:�,a.�',w��z�.�;�,,�r4�1���.��:?�t�l�-rj�t� � �e�.���:�.����Y���:t�a�,����,�,.,.l��l>,hued.�C.�t�l�;..,.�k�1�a+�;�.,�bQuld .0 .,. , _ ... .. ._. , .. , .�;.... ,;. �n�alzv nrw - irr! f � ;th'i3m,,„ 23/2/71 repot'ts �.a' 'seminar for fouhd his jollity was not shared want more • Medicare, more zrys;� •,,e favour o e benefit of, the gentlemen of and has gradually receded D e n ti c a re, m ore free individual; t.hat he is innocent th Press, arranged by the further and further into silence, transportation, 'more-"1Ontario:until proved guilty, but by Ontario Economic Council, in pleading secrecy. Latterly he has Places, more local talent on TV administrative, wangling this has the course cif which some usedanother familiar military and radio, more 'charity given to been reversed and the taxpayer noteworthy statements were ;and ' political device, the the "arts", freed meals in is always wrong..,_ rlhade..Mr. H. I. Macdonald, who smokescreen, He has, l'un'ctlied "gove-rnrnental ndiners, free 'rFhe' rule: Pay now argue is Mr. M;cNaughten's -No. 2 says: yet another arrow intb'the blue:A , laundry service; but why .beat , later; should also be discarded. "the critics had spent_ so much the Canada Development • time opposing the propo'als that Corporation, hoping that its ' they ° had nothing ft for doubtful solvency .will dissipate proposing." "It is time to stop some of the fire on his W.P. • quarreling about who is right in , While there are no doubt the tax debate, and to begin those to whom the W.P. 'is 'a ' •thinking` seriously and in an huge bore, and while there are open-minded •way about what others who see in it some course of action now is in the alleviation of their tax burden, best interests of the country." surely all must have wondered Mr. Vineberg, of a Montreal why the opposition has been so legal firm, suggested "by diving massive. Basically the reason is the Finance Department into a •---t t-thwproposals are' merely the bitter defense of; its proposals, means to the foundation of a the critics have caused proposals, , Principle: The Principle that the that might have been advanced Government knows bet eT'than tentatively in the White ' Paper, you do how.to spend the.money to be elevated into stubborn it. still`"'allows you to keep, after matters of principle. " 11 don't tax. ' 'the W.P. and real tax reform: know that I would have insulted The' intention is that you are First the Royal Commission's' reassess a taxpayer up 'to one . the_Department and. Minister by to be isolated from such ,virtues Reform ,proposals have been hour, before -the last Trump. As a ' suggesting they were no longer as incentive and from personal-- ignored_ True ,the ignoring of the result it becomes necessary to, the donkey to death?. Does Thee.cosrt.,.of. disputing _a tax. anybody whose opinion is worth claim is so high that it is. consideration want to exist foolhardy to fight a case under •such a regime of despair? involving $'1,000; because, even And who among you ever - if won'Tgle- sum won will merely 'demanded any of these? .::- go in professional fees, instead .r. * * • of to the--'evveinment, ,The We are accused ofbeing non -constructive in ' our criticisms of 'the W.P:..We have been unkind to the Minister and have roused ° him° unnecessarily, so that now he is thrashing about like a dying octopus. Let ' us cull from Mr. I. H. Asper's book: "The Benson Iceberg" • [Clark, IrWin & Co.] so'ine things which are missing from iniquity of tax-free ,.° .entertainment allowance for - Members of ' Parliarrienk_ municipal councillors, and members of `-Pro iv. ncial ''Parliaments and certain other elected officials, needs to be removed. The tax-free status of many r Federal, Provincial and. Municipal corporations which compete 1,with - private industry should be ended. The Crown can • 1 1 - tax' • ax' has 'fewer civil liberties than • a' suspected ' murderer". The inquiries are held behind locked doors. if the taxpayer, does learn that an inquiry is taking place he is not permitted access to the room where,it is being held, nor. may he be. • represented. by, counsel. There , are no rights of cross-examination. The . entire a Jai, , -' - , o +n•+.. THE•PERFECT WIFE, by- Doris' Leslie. 19th century England portrayed- ih the telling of the life of the heroin -from mil'liner's shop to high society. Mary, Anne is the milliner who became the wife of Disraeii.•h Fe b©ok aright kte described " as "biography 'in fiction". DEMIAN, by,liermann Hesse. German author abhorred by the Nazis, honoue by the Swiss, winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in41946, Hermann' Hesse died ih 1962. One of his early uoveis is DEMIAN. His novels have -2 _won him wide readership especially among the younger generation - SIDDHARTHA, STEPPEN- WOLF and ndfw, DEMIAN, "a grgat novel . . an intimately terrible picture of the sheer-heHqf of sensitive adolescence! . (,Daily Telegraphy) LOST ISLAND', By Ph �f• o. _ Th -.-._ deilli. P o.E... k 1 • tnisaj: n ..:,.hold r cords ii deftn1tel.Y�, on .the -- - _ .-_ . If you cast your mind back to the early , days, of the Trudeau administration, . 'The " Prime Minister ' explained, that he wished to encourage "dialogue". You find this defined as "an exchange of ideas- or opinions." When Mr. Benson launched his _ W.P. in ' print and , by word of, mouth, we inferred that this was the opening shot- in an exercise in the Prime Minister's neW approach • into democratic government:-.._ Probably you. were . just. as naive as the next man and incentive means you .will no has become such a commonplace •calf chance that some eag longer 'enjoy the challenge of that apology seems almost beaver in civvies will dig up an your work. The loss of personal' necessary. But the Coe emission old_ tax return and get out his satisfaction means you will"never advised that changes in the tax fine comb again. • 4 again experience the pleasure of system, whether in law or in either helping, or rewarding administration- -should not 'be There is the inequity of othe.rs. All tie joy of giving; made;in secret, bet n open interest payments. If the • whether of your material or ,formal public hearings. 4.taxpayer owes, he is charged 6 yourspiritual wealth' is to be The ' legislation and Its ,per cent, 4 If the Government r denied . • to you, because -tlie mechanics should be. so written owes it is only 3 per cent and it. Government is going to ; dt) all as 'to ' be capable -or,is also' taxable. U ,u that -for you. In the -result and in • interpretation by ALL. If blood has remained belowF---- the fulness of time, that means ' The vast discretionary power's --boiling point throughout the' when- he`- when- we have, reached the third allowed .the Civil Service in their above recital, it will certainly or fourth generation of treatment of transactions are of become superheated when the ' gentlemen ` who have been',able questionable desirability. A Governmental powers of- tax anticipated the `dialogue' meant to remove. themselves 6to • a' non-political ' agency should enforcement are considered. For debate, whl .h in turn . implied , position in society in which they- administer all taxes. the present law permits Revenue- - that the Finance Dept., baying have a stanglehold over the laws This new agency must publish Dept. officialsto euterpreerises, Whitney. Popular author of romantic e adds- a other novel to'_ her long list=of successes such as Winter -People, Hunter's Green, Columbella, Sea „Jade. Mist enshrouded Bampton' Island is where Lacey Ames must challenge her old dreams with • ho nest r'e'ality and find again her ea flier love, Giles Severn ,° 4 • Progress tells its_story best at night. Tho lights of a. city at night spell o�' f. the -wanders, of electricity' All. night, all day, it is'. there to serve you •in. Tountless ways Just thin -of --the ways in which' . you use electricity and what rt -.means: to••you and your community the demands for electricity are increasing at <ln unprecedented 'rate for use in the home, in industry and -on the farm. Uses today which could hardly be. imagined ;mist 'a few. years i ago Your 44(p -is -building for the' futu•rc; ap.plyinq .the latest advances Of ,sc. Ante and tcChflr�I�ra • t<� rieveI p' neNA' ,r)()%,\. tend dtstributrorl .fatiJities and. finc1 ro ,,, .rr'ad be,yr tter wap, s of serving -:r fi r Fry:dro th�n.ks ab'�h.r�t thec o,t, t0o Despite ti et sf)i0 ll nfa c osl't of Just it </. bout ever, othF'r r rrnitlic,dit �' electricity, is 'the bic;ges1 bargain• �d� in the family budget .. O t • t "b 0 0 INVOLUNTARY" JOURNEY TO • SIBERIA, by Andrei Anialrilc' A Russian non -conformist. intellectual dyes a first- hand account his arrest, trial arid sentence to serve on a collective ...........�. MY FRIEND, THE HANtiMAN,... by Andy O'Brien. ' Sports 'Editor of Weekend-' Magazine; Andy O'Brien has been a journalist foi 38 years. In this latest book,• he relates, ' `dramatic encounters in sport, crime and war". 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