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rt rm ttwh2fcntew 1- s stoujfwlletttounethursdaynov20od- stolffivifle tnbffie v7 v b r j vt wi- ametkiandcommuiutyrievqaper n 9 henfege m maridiarn onti l3p 1m3 publisher ian pfoudfoot general manager aim brouwer editor in chief brenda larson director of advertising debra welter deputy editor deboia kelly editor jim mason production pam nichols distribution director barry goodyear online publishing manager margaret fleming classified manager v ann campbell retail sales manager stephen mathieuf inside sales manager stacey allen r business manager roblazurko office manager vivian oneil editorial what is wrong with wanting to keep as much aspossible of the money we work hard to earhl why are we made to feelgreedy for ques tioning tfie premise that the state has some inalienable right tptake as much of our earn- irigs as it desires tax reductions are featured in the federal election platforms of the toriesliberals and alliance a surefire acknowledgment canadians deserve a tax break of some kind a strong economy riot to rnerition a huge budget surplus have made that event vlikelyreality there isrhowever dissent over which taxes sh6umbereducedbvliow miich and how quics w r i fpr examplelets look atthe tpersonal iricbirietax cut jropbsalsthe liberals would create four rates16 per cent 22 per cent up to about 60000fa newjfate of 26 perxerit on moseearriirig 6b000t61060b0 whilethell top rate would remain the sariie at 29 per cent the tories droposemamtaihing the rates canadiansare anteingup now 17 per cerit for incbmeupto 30000 23 percent on income up to about 60000and 29 1 per cent after thata the alliance is touting a 17percent flat rate on personal income for everyorie earning less than 100000 the rate would jump to 25 per cent for dtizer earning nibre markharri liberal candidate john mccallum who took leave from his job as chief- economist for the royal bank of canada to be parachuted into the riding was quick to attack thealliancesingle rate tax plan he labelled it grossly unfair and greedy why unfair if everyone pays me same tax rate do those who make more money not pay riibretaxes is it unfair because unlike the socalled progressive tax systerri it does not expect high- ef income earners to hand over la bigger chunk of their paycheques to the government thanks to our progressive tax tem middleclass canadians have been paying higher tax rates than american millionaires the bottom line is most cariadiaris are fed upwith emptying their pockets to a profligate governmentthat feels it has a moral rightto decide how their money is spent or wasted jjwithout apology or true accountability that is where the real greed exists hardworking canadians who dbrit begrudge fairly sharing their income to bring essential benefits to all canadians are not greedy letters to the editor longtime supporter cannot vote for jean chretiens liberals an letter to prime minister jean i chretien t it is wuvgreat regret that j find myself writing this letter to you and the liberal party 1 am 51 and have faithfujly voted in every election since i was 18 my husband and i have always shown our now grbwnup children the importance of voting and brought them withus to show this to them they now also vote in each election and in fact my son is studying political sci ence at western university and very much wants toget into politics infact his dream is to have your job sorne day i will not be voting in the upcoming feder- al election because i find riiyself without a party to vote for i have always voted liberal and my parents also did for all their lives there was never any question about it the liberal partys policies have until now always been what 1 have wanted for canada however your recent decision to not support israel has destroyed my faith in you and your party v i did not expect you to support israel and not the palestinians but canada should have abstained as the united states did we are a country filled with both jews and palestinians and your decision has angered many in the jewish community i have listened to many conversations lately and i am not die only one planning not to vote for die liberals j we cannot support a party that supports one group over another your decision did not end the violence and only caused jewish peo ple to coridernn you and for the palestinians to consider that they have won this round i will not vote for stockwell day his sup port for israel only came because you did not i hope that he doesnt think any of us will be fooled by his socalled support soi am left without a party to vote for no other party in canada fits my needs aridi cannot support your- party because it sup ports group that is violent tomy people for the first time in 33 years i will not vote for the liberal representative in our riding elinor caplan i do riot understand how she as a jew cariaccept your partys stand perhaps one day you will see israel as a victim also and you will change your stand maybe at that time i can once 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provide an adequate stock of decent housing for people with lowincoriies the york region housing corporation will be running more than twice as many units as it runs now adding 872 public housing units and 302 subsidized units to its stock of 854 the region has been paying for assisted housing since the province took over the full cost of education well thats what they say they did anddown- loaded social services to municipalities in 1997 but riiunicipalities wont be run- ning the system the until the end of diis year in the meantime queens park has been cutting housing administration costs that can onlyhelp the region but it needs a lot more help than that although most of the costs of a rental project are fixed 7- mortgage payments for example there are alwaysmainte- narice and repair costs budgeting for those is more of a challenge most of die buildings in york region are in fair condition but all bfthem are five years old or rribre anyone whose house is more than five years bid knows theie are lots of little things that have to be done a new coatbf paint here a patch there some caulking work sbrne- placeelse but all those little chores will have to compete with roacls projects policing and other essentials for spaceon the regions budget v and just because were taking full responsibility for our own housing does- rit mean queens park will let usoff trie hook for- our share of torontos social service costs we continue to pay riiore money to the megacity for its social ser vices than we spend on our own about 84 million the other shoe drops late next year when the region takes over administra- tion of private nonprofit units and co- ops more than 6000 units i dont think the councillors and staff at the regionwould let peoples homes become unlivable but i dont see much incentive for the region to expand its social housing stock in short our towns are not sustain- able without adequate housing for peo ple with low incomes but we cant pos sibly provide that housing ourselves while we pay for torontos housing needs 1 hope next weeks election will yield- a slate of fighters ready to take on queens park and rebpen the pooling issue