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F nýdLa? ItAýd 7I1993age 7 PAGE SEVEN Pity pooriBobSwae For years hie languished in Opposition, from time> to time standing on his soapbox Wo spout wisdom. He demanded that governments operate fairly, wisely,Me openly and within rigid guidelines concerning conduet fiancial, sexual, social). He talked a good game. Then voila! came the election of ... let's see now, when was that? ... 1990? only slightly more than two years ago? Seems like much longer. $o jhere hie is, surprise! surprise! just where he always said hie- wanted Wo be. The cute smart, articulate, intelligent, yupie son of an amlassador finds bimself Premier of aI ntario. It must have been fiee for ail of a week. Then the bottom felI out. ________________________________________ Within days, Bob Rae and bis band-picked cabinet discovered that the province they tbougbt they bad inberited no longer existed. Bob Nio the Treasurer of Ontario in the Liberal goverment, bad boasted of a surplus in government accounts. And witbin days of Floyd Laughren taking over on behalf of Bob Rae, the surplus became a deficit. That deficit now stands at about $14 billion, witb predictions it will run Wo $17 billion. Let's stick to the $14-billion figure. Since Bob Rae bas been in power for less tban one tbousand days, that means the deficit bas been growing by $14 million a day. That's $2.30 a day for every man, woman and cbild in the province, ail six million of us. Ites as tbougb we were putting tbat much on Visa every day. For tbe average family of four tbat would be $9.20 a day, times 365 days, or $3,358. This bas been gig on for two and a haîf years. For the family of fo0unr, tbates $8,395, plus interest. The current discussions witb tbe Public Service unions are aimed at trimming $7 billion. Floyd wants Wo wrestle the deficit Wo under $10 billion. Okay. $7 billion in cuts........ if Ontario's public service were W sbare equally in tbis burden --ad tweeWail come out of payroli costs -- then the tab would be: (a little drum rol maestro) $7 billion divided by 900,000 equals $7,777.77. Eacb. A year. WHITBY DUNLOPS VICTORY PARADE ON HIGHWAY 401, APRIL 2, 1958 Rae as tatd tht te wrker attbelowe en ofThis picture is taken looking east fromn the Henry Street bridge as the parade arrives from Rae as satedtha theworkrs a th lowr en ofOshawa. The players for the world championship teamn rode in open cars, and a statue ofa the pay scale wil be protected. We can therefore Dunnie player is on top of a Visser Food Sales truck in the foreground. assume tbat salaries in the bigber end will suifer a WhItby Archlve photo deeper cut. $10,000? $12,000? The magnitude of Floyd's task can be given a broader perspective. If it were Wo be solved by tax increases, tben tbe six 10 YEIABS AGO million people in Ontario could sbare the burden. from the Wednesday, April 6, 1983 edition of the D y 7blin iie ysx ilo qasWITBY F1REE PRESS Okay6.6$7billion diied y ixmilinequAsnderson CVrPs rugby team is touring England, Wales and France. $1,16.67. acb. yeare* '.-i Dr. J.O. Ruddy General H{ospital is sponsoring a poster contest as part of Youth 0f course, taxpayers at the iower end of the scale Awareness Week. 1ou1d e1pote t. hos-e ttbe upperend ,Awouldpa *Sf,. John the Evangelist Romnan Catholic Church choir performiedon CBC national You can only squeeze se much out of paper clips. *ulirm Good uck, Bob.j j Edwin StorYs house on the Base Lino near Lynde Creek was badfly damaged by fire. Ail the best, Floyd. ___________________________20 _Byront._S. _h n _________________Fra k ______