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IHtllbRALD Wednesday October 1989 Page 13 Taxes can be used to guide us to safety Taxes have a lot to do with the kind of system they are supposed to support For a long time a tax was the tribute you paid to a powerful leader towards his household or court You got little in return but the painful knowledge that you were a subject to another person s wishes and whims Taxes were collected mafia style and the person appointed to collect the taxes was always somebody close to the ruler taxes and keeping a nice portion of them to yourself invariably made you rich beyond the dreams of or dmary men and women Since those days paying taxes has never been totally free of the odor of ex tortion Many revolts and upheavals in history have had their starting point in what was ed to be at the time unjust taxa and the buying of votes through tax favors is part of almost every system that uses the vote as an instrument of change The great boastful monuments of the past temples mausoleums fortifications waterworks bridges roads palaces you name it have all been paid through taxes either in coin or Attempts to avoid taxes always triggered the rage of rulers- unless you belonged to the favored few that could claim exemptions Cer tain developments in the arts have their reason in taxation Think of the grand patrician houses the old cities of Europe for instance How often they look small from the street The reason is that in the Middle Ages you paid tax on each window visible from the street The huge reception rooms you might have had at the back of your property remained untaxed The narrow high houses in cities like Venice or Geneva or Augsburg or that to the tourist look like the stylish designs of an tric architect were in fact the result of taxation Or take whole in teriors that seem to be carved out of marble but are really wood GEORGETOWN SPA FITNESS CENTRE EXCLUSIVELY YOURS 8771924 RESHAPE FAST With The SET ME FREE BODY WRAP No Stmtt RoCnunNo Effort No Stum No Salt No Ho No KTHET1CIAN ExefusivcfyCfoun Fitness Centre 877 1924 painted to look like marble The artists ingenious way out to avoid a luxury tax Import taxes are at times needed to let a native in find its own feet and the lowering of import taxes might have the effect that the native dustry becomes more competitive In short taxes can be a tool that will move an industry or a whole country in a desired direction Wrongly applied they can lead to stagnation or overheating of the economy with surprising results President Reagan socalled tax reform for instance has made a debtors nation out of the United States with possible dire conse quences for the whole world What taxes do we need in Canada to guide us safely Into the Cen tury believe that everything that poses a danger to the environment can be phased out before the year through taxation It s an old rule When something becomes too expensive a less expensive alter native will be found We suffocate in garbage Make the producers of garbage pay tax for every addi tional bag or bin they want remov ed Poisons and toxic wastes are destroying the eco system Put a tax on everything that poisons or in any way threatens the life and well being of this planet and everything that lives on it Our enormous appetite for energy br ings about what is called the greenhouse effect with disastrous results for mankind Put a tax on all but benign forms of energy Yts this would mean that all the things that have become so conve nient and so dear to us would even tually go the way of the Dodo plastic bags weedkiller throw away diapers air conditioners lawn mowers hot tubs cars air travel junk mail atomic waste all these things would be declared dangerous and taxed accordingly Taxation of this kind would open our eyes to how much our tion has become a killer tion in the pursuit of happiness This realization might turn us around and we might start to value Campbell House Gallery 115 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN Above McCarthy Tea Room 8730674 APPLIANCES SALE OF APPLIANCES AND PARTS Air Conditioner Tune ups Free In Store Microwave Leak and Heat Test Authonzod Maytag Dealer Service and Installation 1 GEORGETOWN ONTARIO PHONE all sorts of life again not only our own Utopia Maybe But would anybody have believed 10 years ago what is happening eastern Europe Granted our prime minister is not quite up to Gor bachev but neither are we saddled with a top heavy system like Soviet Russia We can change things from the bottom up here in Canada if we want to Or can twe are now under way The Halton Hills Herald invites you to submit recipes 1st prize 125 2nd prize 75 3rd prrze Be part of The Halton Hills Herald s 1 989 Cook book by sending us one or more of your favourite recipes You may be eligible to win part of S250 prize money if your recipe is one of the top three chosen by our special panel of judges We II also print the best ot the other recipes you submit to us Rules include Write plainly or type doublespaced on one side of the paper only Print your name address and telephone number on each recipe complete cooking or baking instructions in cluding type of cooking utensils oven temperatures and times Use all imperial measures There is no limit on the number of pes you can submit but to avoid duplication you may to submit more than one recipe Organizations may also submit recipes Recipes may be for any type of food ot beverage Other features include stories and photographs on meal planning cooking with microwaves special holiday dishes and other kitchen tips So send us your favorite recipes because wed love to see in your kitchen endued October 1 8th Send your entries to Cookbook Editor The Herald 45 Guelph St Georgetown Ont L7G 3Z6