The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 14, 2004.- A? ear. Siti. ae - [tis time: os Gata et Ee atone ones __CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _ high”: taxes, ‘True, we have, Doo. -right ‘to ‘be. offended: by Waste. of: public moneys such Lee Couguatucs Liou Yes Skeena Junior Secondary School has.a great band, | : ERB but... Thornhill Jr. Seconday actually won the . ‘he | Mail: 3a io BR golds and kicked butt at MusicFest Canada in ‘Montreal. - Your two golds prove once Pe, thal Terrace and Thornhill have the best young, musicians and music teachers in the whole ‘country. eve ‘these: ‘examples Sof oo ublic:* Management. va Coal no ; = . should:not:stand as argument that therefore: ‘taxes are too” damental injustice that sonichow hurts thei more “than : : high oo vat the Tevenue. collected has’ been mn misspent “others, Given “that . they tend. to. “benefit ‘disproportionately from public: services and many public. policies: this com- “piaint i is truly more ‘like; whining. . . fun ~ Consider -that,taxes suchas ‘tlie GsT take w far ‘greater a 6 disrepute due to- ‘anderfunding) or‘are Gbiious piblie.” “proportion of middle class:inconies: than: of wealthy in-’.- needs? perhaps: proposed’ but. so: far-unaddiessed.-Anex- » Comesi. Consider the higher RSP contribution - TOOM-ac- ample’ of: the former is- Medicare; examples. of the tater corded: ithe wealthy, ‘enabling: them to. “defer. taxes for a ‘include universal: childcare or ‘public. housi: ng.” 27 * fetitement most, working poor can. scarcely” dream about,: 2s The: ‘Conservative. argument-that we must: awer't taxes: “Consider: who’ benefits. more from the. public’ infrastruc: dramatically. i is:. simply mistaken: Homelesis people: aren?r.:~ ture. of: airports, for example: ‘the: frequent business flier” dying: because their taxes are too- high, they're in ‘trouble oF’ Iie average employee who might fly iis: often as 1g once because .they have nowhere. to go: Canadian, corporations a | year: ‘The list-could be éxtended considerably: “(those that, haven't: found ‘ways’ to ‘avoid - tax -allogether) . - Proposals that lowered:taxes will. make everyone bet- be already. pay’: at’ the: low rate: of a1: pet. cent {compared to, ter off are: misleading at Best and: lies -al worsl, as an-. ~-the-US rate of 35. per: ‘cent). ° ~yone living. in’ BC, during: the provincial Liberal -man- oo That wealthy” ‘Canadians, should resent paying. higher date. can tell you, ‘Té we want @ high quality set of public. taxes fi fits. their ‘greater access to media, networks: (owned *. . services: then: we mista ante up and. pay for them.: ; ey theinselves ‘and other wealthy people), n not some é fun fg ee AL Lehmann, ‘Terrace B. C, Dear Sirh. > ing; “an 1 estimated $5. & ‘million | for unique: ‘student: weeds, SPawould: like. to: correct some’ »misinforriation ina letter. $4:3: million - for: unique. ‘geographic’ factors : and an, esti- : oe ‘Gov’ t should look: at map. 10. ‘unders stand. north"y’ that- mated $656, O00. for.enrolment, decline. - “ ” “appeared i in your. newspaper: on: May 261,.° “~The province, is committed to: providing ‘students with oo) The province Tecognizes that northern and: tural’ com- “