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B.C. LUMBER WORKER . March 19, 1953

A Budget For The Greedy

Mr. Abbott’s budget was

Te he dealt with most severely in the
ie - eon eb March issue of Labor Research,
oe hy F Soy (2 fet 7 TT] published by the Canadian Con-

he i F i ey. | gress of Labor. A thorough-

going analysis commenced with
the following tart remarks.

“This is a bad budget. Mr.
Abbott had about $250,000,000
to give away. He has given

from PS ee, "| nearly all of it to the wrong

By Sweenc y i : : "| people.

| ES 9 ee ae Sn P t | "He might have cut the sales
ae tax, which taxes people ac-
cording to the size of their
backs, not the size of their
pockets. He didn’t except for

. _| a few items,

comes Under? : | He might have raised income
1S5,OOORE tax exemptions. He didn’t. He

mnt might have given the small in-
come tax-payer the big reduc-
tions. He didn’t.

He might have made a start
on health insurance. He didn’t.

He might have increased our
aid to underdeveloped coun-

i ‘ tries. He didn’t.
$100,000 / ue ve ; i A | What did he do? -
iat dren) ine ; ‘: Part of the answer was
ee Tage te emia : given by Labor Research in the

form of graphs and tables is
reproduced on this page. The
conclusions to be drawn all
support the conclusion that the

Married Taxpayer, with 2 children eligible for Family Allowances

mare ERIE ee “ Ree eae 6 ¢ EC ERE iG: Ove Vso. (lc
ie fold “ates mosis ef new) dilleresco it eas ates: ah. greedy and not the needy”.
2,400 ..... Sentra y aoe OF $17 16 $1 ag $15 $2 11.8
2,500 ip 34 32 vi 5.9 30 4 11.8
a i 2 $ 2 &@ ¢ i? wer WHITE BREAD
3,000 ... 119 112 7 we) 105 14 11.8
3,500 eS “s 208 196 12 5.8 184 24 11.5 fi
4,000 ....... sages 303 286 17 5.6 269 34 11.2
5,000 .. ie ‘s 514 484 30 5.8 453 61 Wg
7, 00) as 1,100 1,032 68 6.2 964 136 12.4
10,000 1,810 1,696 114 63 1,582 228 12.6 i
20,000 6,100 5,738 362 WA 5,375 725 Wg é
30,000 11,235. 10,623 612 5.4 10,010 1,225 10.9
50,000 f 23,574 22,337 1,237 2 21,099 2,475 10.5
75,000 y 40,709 38,597 2,112 5.2 36,484 4,225 10.4
100,000 .. 59,094 55,982 Case. AL bed 533) 52,869 6,225 10.5
200,000 oon nau 140,364 132,934 7.430 ‘53: 125,504 14,860 10.6
400,000 ..... "e 317,226 299,683 17543 Lf} 282,139 35,087 Wl

Source: Hansard, February 19; 1953, p. 2127.

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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS COMMITTEE, proposed a monthly assessment to build up strike / r
fund. Members of the committee were: Local 1-71, C. Soady; Local 1-80, 8. Abercrombie; Local DAYTON

1-85, J. Moore (Chairman); Local 1-118, Leo Rowney; Local 217, H. Skippen; Local 1-357, H. SHOE MANUFACTURING C

Switzer (Secretary); Local 1-363, G. McEntee; Local 1-367, R. Stackhouse; Local 1-405, D. Parkin; 268 HASTIN

Local 1-417, J. Honey; Local 1-423, H. Sherman; Local 1-424, H. Spence. ~

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