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hard on the very ).\tnmoné&ulo.e to everything as Eilson\eould + The rebate to 1 income mhmhelpaflmthemfimtfimy e'm"mlmmlmg t%::’u }}m P‘Yinl, i â€"to ie i 4 director of the Social Planning Council for Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo.â€"As well, chariâ€" housing, manufactured goods, services (including real estate and other commisâ€" This week we‘ve been treated to all 10 provincial premiers agreeing on someâ€" thing â€" the tax is unfair, unworkable and invades their territory. And while the premiers understand what it is about, judging from the comments I‘m hearing, most of the rest of us don‘t. That nine per cent will be added to virtually everything except food purchased in supermarkets, apartâ€" ment rents, and some health care items. _ It will apply to restaurant meals, Canadians. We‘re taxed to the hilt and still see our social programs â€" UIC, for example â€" cut back by Bumbling Baloâ€" ney and his friend Michael Wilson. David Peterson is right: this tax has to be stopped. And her;l‘muld know â€"â€" the federal tax is on top of his eight per cent Enough is enough! I‘m (tax) revolting. (GST) should the last straw for Local Unemployment will be increased beâ€" This federal sales tax must be stopped ‘re lying. In politics there is never nn’lm-hr choice. And laws of economâ€" cause of the additional cost of doing business and the reduced demand for goods and services. Ginsler is philosophically opposed to the tax. Consumption taxes are regresâ€" sive. People with little or no extra money to spend get an extra nine cents on the dollar lifted from their wallets. That includes reporters and newspaper readers. Far better to tax those with lots of extra cash through a progressive income tax system if more money is needed, said Ginsler. Fine, but I don‘t believe more money is needed. We can run this country, includâ€" ing the social programs, on the money government now takes. That‘s all levels of government: school board, city, regâ€" ion, province and feds. 8.8‘ Premier Bill Vander Zalm says the feds should cut back radically on others argue the choice for consumers (seeing as the budget deficit is now our first prwnt&‘dupm no one having voted for it being so) is more regressive taxation or cutbacks on social spending. They‘re lying. In politics there is never City Seen lan Kirkby Good point. But not every policy in this country, especially not tax policy, should revolve around making our export manâ€" ufacturers happy. What‘s good for GM is not always good for America. Export manufacturers are important to our m health, but x;: so important ve to always have everything they want. The Tories gave them free And that is the only (possibly) positive note in this tax. It will eliminate the current 13.5â€"perâ€"cent manufacturers tax that is said to hurt the sales of our Lowering interest rates would help the economies of the haveâ€"not provinces, whereas a sales tax will very badly hurt them. Frankly, I‘m beginning to tire of Ontario manufacturers always getting a break off the backs of the businesspeople in the rest of Canada. Besides, the deficit isn‘t really all that bad, said Hotson. It contains the sums spent on capital investment in the infrastructure of the land. That‘s investâ€" ment, not expenditure. But the Bank of Canada is controlled by ideologues who won‘t change, even when the Europeans and Japanese demonstrate you can have low inflation, low unemployment and low interest rates simultaneously. ics are manâ€"made, not natural laws like the laws of physics. As UW Economics Professor John Hotson pointed out in last week‘s business section, the deficit can be virtually wiped out by lowering imherest rates from the current usurious evels. Let‘s add our voice to the howl. Just fill in the attached coupon and mail it or bring it in to the Chronicle. We‘ll pass them on to Wilson. I‘ve had enough. Have you? The provincial premiers have said no. The federal Liberal party has said no, and may just win the next election on the issue. While Canadians tend to be averse to things like tax revolts, even the Tories will be forced to listen to a loud outery. trade last year and reduction of the deficit (including UIC reductions and no federal day care policy) this year. What more are they going to squeeze out of the average Canadian tax payer? A nine per cent tax, that‘s what. But only if we let them.