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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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-

Phone! 604-689-0878 Fax: 604-689-1386 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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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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