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PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1994 endorsed a list of shortâ€"term economic stimulus measures to try to mEmvpdlmmy.Ml;wkah_-uany ordering up a "white paper" on economic recovery to focus on job growth. Canada‘s, to finally look to social spending for savings. It isn‘t exactly a pretty picture but it‘s a realistic one. So the next time any politician offers to give you something, just ask: where‘s the money coming from? systematic reform last fall. Now Swedes receive smaller unemployâ€" Things got so out of hand in England that even the Thatcher years could not contain the steady growth of Britain‘s welfare sysâ€" tem, which now accounts for 30 per cent of all government spendâ€" ing. In the European Community, governments spend a major part of their budgets on social weilfare, which accounts for 26 per cent of EC gross domestic product. This compares with roughly 15 per cent in the United States and 25 per cent in Canada. At the EC summit in Copenhagen last month, heads of state In Germany last week, the Cabinet approved a $12 billion reducâ€" tion in social spending, primarily in benefits for the unemployed. The step, loudly criticized by the political opposition and trade unions, was taken to help bring Germany‘s ballooning budget deficit under control. On July 6, the Dutch parliament passed a stringent new law armed at reducing misuse of disability payments. The Netherlands discovered it has 25 to 30 per cent more people declaring themâ€" selves unfit to work than neighboring countries have. Since coming to power in March 1993, France‘s new government has slashed $6 billion from its health care spending by making patients pay for more of their medical costs. The British are in the process of reviewing "everything" in their social benefits system and it is expected that a number of items, including old age pensions, will be reduced on the chopping block. Even Sweden, king of the weilfare states, launched a program of Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 The reality is that there is no more money â€"â€" unless of course, you intend to borrow it. And that will put you even more in the hole because it means shelling out greater amounts for interest payâ€" ments the next year That means even less money to spend for benefits the next year. And so it goes on. It just gets worse and worse â€" unless cuts are Programs must be cut It‘s easy to predict what‘s going to happen in Canada simply by looking at Europe, where the sacred cow of social services is no longer as sacred. Recession is forcing national budgetâ€"cutters from Italy to Sweden to reduce social spending â€" an unthinkable step in previous Just in case you keep thinking all those social programs you‘ve grown up with and expected to keep your whole life will be around forever, think again. _‘ Those generous unemployment insurance payments won‘t be here for much longer. Nor will the baby bonus scheme. Or the old age pension. Not as we know them now, anyway. Each of them will soon be cut back. Why? It may come as a shock but each one of them is causing the country to slowly go broke and as much as we like them, we can‘t afford them. Not in their present form. Not without major changes. And if any politician tries to tell you otherwise, just ask this question: where are you going to get the money to keep these our soonâ€"toâ€"beâ€"history NDP government is busy filling all the jfammy jobs on public agencies, boards and commissions with party bozos. Yes, 1 know that I‘ve raved and ranted about porkâ€" barre! stuff since back before Bob Rae canned his first cabinet minister. Still, there comes a time when a guy must rise above principle: â€"â€"â€" ~~~ *~ What I‘m saying is that 1 hope I‘m not tempted by some talents. Some positions would really make me ponder. Take, for example, the prospect of being put in ma;.wmmmuma given the job of monitoring Laurel Creek for icebergs. (Remember the Titanic!) Or checking monthly on former local MPPs to ensure that their pensions and any other assorted perks are arriving on time. That‘s vital, you know. The list could be endless, but those are the kind of quality jobs that would be tempting. As the politicians Tm.l:mw.mm to Bym.thqqy&ua%n’ll’ukm was called by his wife who was gushing with wonderâ€" ful news. It seems they‘d won the 649, but the staffer was mighty disappointed. He hoped he‘d been named Bob Rae‘s chauffeur with all that overtime and some Judging by the papers, almost nothing happened in Kâ€"W in my absence. And globally not that much has changed. It still seems certain that more money is being spent on O.J.‘s defence than to relieve the cataâ€" strophe in Rwanda. Up to the Trough: Never let it be said that our socialist friends ever miss a chance to put the grab on government dollars to reward their party hacks. Now the word is that as a prelude to the election weather? Nearâ€"record heat. It couldn‘t have been betâ€" No, I‘m not going to write an essay on How I Spent My Summer Holidays, but the fact is I‘m fresh back from some weeks on Cape Cod, a place we‘ve spent holidays for most of the last 40 summers. It‘s a wonderful place to be, particularly if you skip the twin zoos of Hyannis and Provincetown. The Lining up at the NDP trough -rfi‘mk-muu even a smidgen of Pime» Hiryem '”a‘\'“[/" N «.8 2 4 /’/fi\&h\ mm-dmmnmmth-irmnflb“m wthovhwoofllnw, Waterloo Chronicle is published every We ‘l !\ C.) _9# SN‘ ® i Revupnpare o ameree $ ns Untornatinnal Arasdc csw uie L 20 TB President: Paul Winkler The Fairway Group 215 Fairway Rd. S., l-l-n-ull-hul-ulu-i:l O%v} n“ \ @)/ issued yet another warning aboutâ€"fraudulent teleâ€" phone sales pitches. As is my custom, I have a simple, .Don't“.g ytlnn; the telephone. Not ever y an on , Dm%mlflmnldhfim.mm-ldo:‘l'm yhn make .m. not to wm zr:hn"Ym'dbupN¢h~i&-md money that saves. i MMhnl?h.hdhfin:hu;ru vices. Particularly the companies on ie maaey on music, I wouldn‘t a hlnnlnms:vm. § t Smile and Cheese: If you‘re driving your car, y&fdw'fim&hAMll,)-wmw sloppy when you‘re getting you‘re photo taken. Say, the photo radar system is one of the most transparent of the NDP scamse. Speéders deserve no sympathy, but this isn‘t a real deterrent. The photos involve no demerits. They just grab dollars. J hm&dom:hbiqlvnbw‘w drivers. We‘re a strange breed anyhow, Yup, nothing improves a man‘s driving like the sudden discovery sympathy for either side in thoww strike, but my sentiments are narrowly with the playâ€" ers. Both sides are greedâ€"driven, but the owners have been more deceptive, more duplicitous, Granted, they‘ve done a better job of conning the public. On Feb. 1, 1866,Abnhml.huuhradom- ment that abolished slavery in the States. As I understand it, it covered everybody but bassball playâ€" ers. _ Wrong Number: Waterloo regional police have oi Ann. f Gprfld C i 5s [ ~"A t k 2 L0 o mt te +G81â€"â€" ~ â€"_