. The world accord ALBERTA’S New Democratic ieader Pam Barrett's “near death experience” in the den- tist’s chair, which prompted her to bow out gracefully i favour of a life of spir- ituality, is a sign for B.C. New Democrats to follow the light. Se PE beseech the tront runne Mt seur body, lev tte, surf the astral plains, cultivate hysterical tits, whip up a grand inal or, asa member of my tribe and faeourite Jewish writer would have inveihed: copu- late with the demon Lihth af you have to, but just ge las, the pesky BC, dads around, If anyone of the leader- ship contenders is silently communing with Pam, it’ Corky Evans whose speeches and interviews are an admis ture of New gulf and Marxism Ve gotta organize the workd” he totd Vaughn Palmer on Farce of the Provinee, offering strange declamatory non: sequiturs as tow hy the ment” ushered in the Gulag and the secret police This, according to a 14 speech (v om), was because the Soviet Union realized that organizing around the world was too slow and dangerous, so the leaders confined themsels ending “socialism: in one country.” orky refers to the me that presided over fir comment the nuuder of 20 milhon Russians as the “last great human expenment. Te soured, in his estima hon. not because conumu- nivar is an ugly ideology that Jends itself nicely to murder: gus Impuises, but because of the faire to organize glob ally. Whatever Stalin's thwart ed global aspirations were, we can all agree he embod- aed the motto “Hf vou can’t kill globally ~~ kill focally.” “We live in the era of buvouts, mergers and glob- alism (sie 1,” comrade Corks, Blisstally unaware that merely asserting a point is not the same as proving it, Corky is convinced this “globalism thing” has exac- erbated the chasin between tich and poor. There needs to be a Movement to apart the wer of the rich,” be intones, The penumbra of pink is evident, of course, in the class hatred that the socialist thinks nothing of promot ing. Witness Corky's outburst against Bill Gates whose with he deseribes as “obscene.” He considers not the jobs generated by Gates, > Joes ‘ned nullionair nS ONET ht neteven the hun ds orentiions in charity contabuted by the aan Corks snd the pediars of the polines of emus ving ter head BOC again think Bill Cartes wealth is another mans impoverishment, whereas, like the post Sum game itis, Gates? wealth generates the same for scien, The limits Corky places ob hunin innevation and enev will stop only when the richest 10% make 50 times more than the t bO%, s kind of power when wielded must, in the words of economist Ludwig von Mises, “reduce the world to ard of the spirit.” es, peaple can never be made equal. You can no sooner ensure ncomes that are sparate than you can give them an ual share of beauty or a Falstaffian appetite for distributing wealth that isn’t his: “Ts not fun rich,” savs he, s . And be dilates on his vision: “Ifa person has more than he needs, why should they not contribute ta the running of society?” It is to himself that Corky arrogates the decision of who has feo much and to whom the spoils will yo. In Vhe Ethics of Liberty, the late Murray Rothbard, Distinguished Protesser of Evonomies and dean of the Austrian School, encapsu- PON CHIBRIES FABRIC & LEATHER SOFAS, LOVESEATS, CHAIRS 40% - 50% OFF! fates the values subsumed: by sich entitlement: “Onan tie State obtains ue revenue iy vourmon, by threatening dire peralues should the income not be forthcoming That coercion is known ghon’ oo. Paxatian as purely and supply” tte word be an instructive exercise for the skeptical reader to try te trame a definition of taxa tion Which does not alse include theft.” Corky thinks that govern ment in tandem with mother Gaia “generates wealth” — not people. Te this end Corky wants to refurbish the patronag playground of the bureau: cracy, Which means more dead weight on the taxpay- ers pay roll, If trade and business gen- erate wealth, government and public works consume it. Because they bypass the market's signals about sup- ply and demand, govern: ment projects are seldom ant thetr, and . dollar plowed into the dailing fast ferries, a dolfar was lost to the taxpay- er, and for every unsustain- able job created by that pro- ject, a private job was destroyed. Friday, February 11. 2000 - Morth Shore News - 7 to Comrade What vou vet from the “Caereive monapelise” Writes Rothbard, the private sector, im i weather the roi be bard d emple nt granted Vt legalities, pressed tat aga. But jor government or the civil service, and vou sur fer no dl consequences tor failure. On the contrary, vou are rewarded for it: For a prime ample of the distorted re of incentives in the public sector look no further than to Jean Chretien, who told media that Jane art's bute was the rest of cutbaens Co the HRDC burcaucray Chretien ts priming us tor the bonus he intends ta bestow on Jane in the term ofmore underlings and a bigeer departmental budget. Corky peddles the same concept of yrewing and rewarding an tnefticient bureaucracy: Vrue. a laboratory rat can mend its ways when the schedule of reinforcement includes some carefully administered electrical shocks, bur candidate Corky and his NDP competition Nave not proven as able. —qnome@aticanada uct Dy. Dan Green is pleased to introduce an associate to his family and general dental practice. Dr. Tess Koehle We provide comprehensive restorative, Prosthetic, cosmetic and preventive dental services for both aduits and children. Office hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm Mon-Fri Welcoting new patients and referrals. 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