Dear Sir: .
The new ‘liberal’ government in

A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 28, 2001

This isn’t the time for tax cuts

CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

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B.C. won the election with the plat-
form of tax cuts. They said they
would keep their promise, but in fact
they broke that promise, They pro-
mised to give tax cuts to the lowest
section of taxpayers but in fact went $700 mil-
lion over that to give wealthy people a tax re-
duction grossly dispropertionale compared to
the low income earners.

But what is the difference to the economy
between a billion dollars in tax cuts and a bil-
lion dollars spent in essential services? They
are both intended to stimulate the economy
and to put money back into the coffers of gov-
ernment. They do, but there are. major. differ-
ences in their impacts.

A tax reduction of a billion dollars should
produce a minimum 7 per cent return to the
province immediately that money is spent in
sales tax, with a further 7 per cent for GST.
That would be true of the breaks ($100) given
to the Jow wage eamers because they will, of
necessity, spend their money in the province
for food, shelter and services, because their
small budget does not permil out of province
travel or holidays.

Then, if all the tax refunds were spent in
the province, the government would recoup
$70 million and the feds would take a like
amount for the GST,

' But while the low income earners will
spend their hundred dollars locally, the high
end earners who got 80 per cent of the billion
dollars will likely spend their $1,700 out of the
province.

. They may elect to put it in the bank off-
shore, or an RRSP (to escape taxes) or go on
4 holiday out of province, since they can af-

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fard to travel.

All the money so used will reduce the
amount of provincial sales tax collected by the
province. The amount of money that goes out
of province is totally unpredictable but could
po as high as 80 per cent. If that were the
case, the sales tax would take in, not $70 -mil-
lion, but only $14 million.

As well there would be an $800 million
loss to the province’s- economy. The’-exact
amount of moncy spent out of province and not
contributing to the economy (and subject to
sale tax) would be ‘anywhere between $200
million and $800 million, and an exact esti-
male would be impossible,

Since the amount of money spent out of
province can never be calculated, the stimulus
to the economy can never be calculated.

Using that billion dollars for services to the
public creates a different picture; and one that
can be documented with reasonable accuracy.
The first thing to determine is which service
are we to use as our comparison?

Highways? But they impact different sec-
tions in different ways. Schools and education
are broad based enough, but private schools
introduce impurities to the example.

We will then use the billion dollars to hire
nurses, a very timely example given the cur-
rent shortage and social disruption, and see
what this billion dollars in nurses’ wages pro-
duces in government revenues and economic
stimulus.

‘food, clothing, medical care and transporta-

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the nurses live and work. Holidays —
out of province will be taken, but
only when all the necessities af life
are taken care of,

The first of these necessities is in-
come taxes. Given the salary range of nurses
that category is 28 per cent, or $258 million
dollars, divided up between provincial and
federal jurisdiction.

This is the immediate return to government,
and then there is the sales taxes, an additional
14 per cent, $140 million. This is $380 million
guaranteed, right off the top.

The other prerequisites for life are shelter,

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tion. Those items take up the bulk of any
household budgel, and all of these items will
be purchased in the communities where the ©
nurses reside.

* The amount of money spent on out of pro- |
vince holidays will be variable, depending on
marital status, children and personal desires,
so we will allow.5 per cent of income for holi-
days or $50 million.

Stimulus to the provincial economy is now
calculable. In fact, the only money to leave
the province is (or may be) the $50 million for
holidays, and not some unknown part of $800 .
million.

I hope that it will be clear from this that po-
sitive social good and economic stimulus
comes from putting money into needed com-
munity services, as opposed to ad hoc cutting
of taxes.

Face it, taxes should only be cut when bud-
gets are in a surplus position.

Les Watmough,
Terrace, B.C.

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Get SCI back on track

Dear Sir:

: My hat comes off to the Mayors of
Terrace and Prince Rupert for the stand
they have taken with regard to the pos-
sible sale of SCI,

: As for people that don’t agree with this
stand, it is obvious to me that they don’t
understand the seriousness of the situation
Here in the northwest.

: We will be very fortunate if a deal can
te worked out to get the pulp mill going
again and it will take the complete coop-
eration of everyone involved. Without the
pulp mill the forest industry i in this area is
tpast.

+ The timber stands from Hazelton to
Brince Rupert are 50 per cent pulp and
there is just no other market for this wood.
* In the 80s and 90s [ worked for Orenda

Forest Products in the Stewart-Meziadin
atea. We were market loggérs and‘ sold

dbout seventy five per cent of our produc-
tion to pulp mills along the Pacific’ coast
from Alaska to Oregon.

: Four of these pulp mills no longer

exist, and now the mill at Powell River is
on the way out as they could not compete
in the global market place as new pulp
mills come on stream in other countries
where wages and costs are much lower.

The people in Sitka, Alaska, Ketchi-
kan, Alaska, Gold River, B.C., Powell
River B.C., and Port Angeles, Washing-
ton thought they would always have their
pulp mills and the jobs they supplied. But
they found out this was just not so and
now we must do everything possible not
to join them.

It is important to understand that other
pulp mills in B.C. would be very happy if
the government was lo let SCI go down
as it would take SCI pulp production out
of the market place.

All our efforts must be focused on get-
ting SCI up and running.

“There is a little lighf‘at: the*end: ‘of the vee

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tunnel, but without the complete cgopera-
tion of all the towns. involved we cauld
put that light out permanently,

Tipper Mould, Kitwanga, B.C.

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for patients

Dear Sir:

We need local qualified people elected to run
our health care institutions with local input.

They should be knowledgeable and sincerely
caring and responsible to put funding to work in
patient care departments and in housecleaning al-
tention.

If government can also save money by culling
back on administration department staffs and costs
for serving less bed capacities than before, the ex-
cess funds should be put toward training more li-
censed practical nurses.

They could give much more real and necessary
patient. carewhich is.sadly needed.
“How, ani longer do’ Terrace: ‘citizens have to.
i wait for’ ‘action: on the above. and. “previously ‘sub-

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