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hmwwhh ntemmir 1 m by jennifer brown staff writer for richmond hill mother and teacher nadine waldman a cheque for 200 would barely cover a trip to the gro cery store for her family of four lithe provincial government is hand ing out cash rebates waldman said shed rather the province keep hers and invest it back into health care or educa tion anything will help of course but whether ifs 34 or 200 ill spend that in one stop here said waldman as she and her son shawn headed into the loblaws at elgin mills and yongestreet waldman and her husband are both teachers and see the need for additional classroom funds firsthand in tuesdays budget finance minister ernie eves announced he was sending 1 billion in surplus funds back toontarians this fall ifis estimated 52 million taxpayers will receive tax rebates ranging from 25 to 200 withthe majority receiving the full amount the rebates will be based onl999 income tax returns v actually getting cash back from the provincewas welcome news for some but an insultrto others who feel investj ments in health care and education are more important healtiicare received a boost of 14 billion and 101 million was earmarked for reducing class sizes in junior kinder garten to grade 3 with another 70 mil- iiori for special education a sales tax reduction would have benefited more people argues york university student siisan carty im not too impressed with this bud get asales tax reduction would benefit everyone equally if you have no income you dont get a tax rebate im a studentand i dont have an income cartysaid markham resident tom kolis agreed saying trie sales tax impacts his business costs but york north mpp julia munro said the rationale for the rebate cheques was simple the money belongs to ontarians and despite previous tax cuts she saicttaxpayers were having a hard time comprehending exactly how much less they were actually paying people dont see it as cash when there is a decrease in the personal income tax rate she said although we have met our earlier commitment to reduce income tax people say i didnt see it by giving ontario taxpayers someof their money back they will use it to buy goods which will further fuel the econo my munro argued ifyoulookattheaccumulativevalue of that purchasing power it adds up in job creation and economic activity stouffville resident santo moncada will be following that philosophy the 21 yearold who runs his own business and works in collections said he will buy something for his motorcycle with his rebate moncada expects to get the full 200 especially when he paid an extraloo on his tax return this year- i think the government should give money back to the public they take a lot fromois and whatever we make we should be able to keep moncada said i t i st j cedargrove greenhouses i ar it- and special lopismbcfror your fldwerbear i open 7 days a week towaimww v t regimes i may makeover- 84 i o k indudescutblowdryreg45 hair conditioning treatment reg 15 1 hour fadalxregs bikini wax reg 15 j a great motkefs day gift i upon presentation of this ad offerexpiresmayslooo i sifnare 1 7702 14rti avenue east markhani ki cah bii6r susan at jjg 0 d nr 14th ave hwy7 14th ave east steelesave ning i v s