hose with abil AN acquaintance called to tell me she was cam- paigning for the federal Liberals, and would my daughter like to assist in the effort. Ailibertanan, my daughter putfed up indignantly, mosdy at her mother’s lack of ideolog.- ical camaraderie. [ was lett to ponder whether, failing to detect my sentiments about the Liberals, my acquaintance had at least noticed the recent absence from our lives of the head of the household. | had ventured an explanation in which the Liberals featured prominently. My husband left for the neightouring USS. state: packed his Ph.D., and embraced the place that “steals less”, to use his words, Conceivably, this here harangu- ing harndan might have used her wiles to stop him, But why would 22 For six months of the year he had toiled for Jean Chretien and his capos, not counting tme done for, proper- ty taxes, sales taxes, profit . taxes, fuel taxes, import duties, license fees, and other levies. How, in good faith, could I not encourage him to flee to where his sentence is much jair commcnt reduced? My friend remained von- vinced that it was in her inter- est to vote for the party that promises to rope the so-called rich in the service of the less fortunate. Tronically, she would benefit under the Alliance Party as they intend to raise the thresh- old below which no taxes are collected, taking 1.4 million taxpayers off the tax rolls. This is good naturally only for dose who intend to work. The option to postpone adult decisions and remain betrothed to the state is appealing. And the myriad who regularly avail themselves of grants from Human Resources Canada, embarking on one self-fulfilling, hare-brained scheme after another, need the likes of the spouse to support them. = : Watches e ‘Engagement _ Rings Importers of Gemstones, Manufacture Indeed, pride of place dur- ing clections goes invariably to the pigmenually burdened, the sevuaily different, the dysfunc: tional, the debilitated or just plain drowsy, and to women folk. ‘The powerful, protected- species lobbies can trust gov- ernment to represent their interests and to continue to capture wealth on their behalf in the form of assorted preter- ential polices. Unforrunately, in Robert Heinlein's succinct phrase: “there ain’t such a thing as a free Junch.” Government has no capital of its own, What it has is the coercive power to extract taxes from the citizens. And from an unrepresented minority, whose Mark of Cain is to be born with abilities and drive, government draws blood. Three per cent of taxpayers with incomes that exceed $100,000 pay about one-quar- tec of the income tax in Canada, Despite being forced in the name of “Canadian values” to renege on a fiat tax, the Alliance admitted stil offers them the bese bre i benighted minority is, MRowev. cr, addressed inadequately in all other party platforms. Mast Canadians are vested in keeping up the besmirch and-seize tactics on the “rich.” According to the Fraser Institute, 57 per cert of the adult population in Canata received more money in bene- fits than they paid in taxes. The top 30 per cent of income earners pay 65.7 per cent of all taxes, while the botton) 30 per cent pay 4.2 per cent of all TANS. Still taxed at the highest rate, and with the Liberal's recent fargesse, the Canadian who earns above $100,000 stands to lose roughly 40 per ceat of total income in payroll deductions, Compared to his previous plight, this represents an approximate 6-7 per cent overall reduction of the tax burden. Our Canadian now pole- vaults to the “place that steals less,” where he now com- mands an equivalent in U.S. dollars. In Washington State there are no state taxes. A sin- gle person in the $100,000 US income bracket, without mort- gage, would lose about $26,000 US in payroll deduc- tions, Once he acquires a mort- gaye, our emigrant can begin to use the mortgage interest to e Diamonds ° Pendants. * Earrings ° Gold Fine Gem Stones S of Fine Jewellery “ONE. LOCATION ONLY Ree a ea __ Capilano Mall, North: Vancouver 984- 2040 reduce his federal tix bill con- siderably, a deduction unavail- able in Canada, He can quite casily reduce his tay bill down te-some 20 per cent of total InCOINE. Amove te the U.S. means Our ex-patsiot pets to keep approvinnately $29,000 more af his righttul property. Consider too that the high- income earner pays tor bur gains diddlysquat from the welfare state, He will see virtu- ally none of the Canada Pension pelf, nor quality for Employment Insurance. For most highly-skilied detectors, the U.S. employer will cover medical insurance premiums in full -— zere pay and zero wait- ing, lists. The kind of geod riddance missives that flood my ¢-mail- bag afier each brain drain reali- ty check assures me that the spirit of envy consumes too many Canadians, blinding them to the need for justice for all. The silent attrition of the pilloried minority can be expected to typify yet another Liberal administraaon. One question: Who will pay for lunch once they've all left? —quome@atteannda.net x par Deux ¢ Cakewalk © Diese! * Deu: NATIVE JEWELLERY 988-9215 news, then it's 1 « Wenaye » nog red nag “of your continued support, -: we will offer a 15% discount on all tea ware. Sale ends -.Nov.-14th: 441 West 3ed Street, North Vancouver © 49s!