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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager The government should issue MUNI bonds like they have in the States â€" tax free bonds. People will buy them because they won‘t have to pay taxes on them. The government would not mind using them because the interest rate would be 0% or 3% or 4% or whatever the case is depending on how the government wants to structure them. MUNI bonds work the same as a regular bond except there are no taxes on them. Because there are no taxes on them the money that bought them is invested with domestic money as opposed to foreign money. Andy Blanchard gag0o I think one way that the province can lower its deficit is if they give small busiâ€" nesses a tax break. Don‘t make them pay their taxes for about another five years because it‘s hard on them. Give the small businesses a break. agdod In order to cut the deficit, Premier Bob should set an example by cutting his waste of taxpayers dollars. Last fall he entertained his caucus one week at Bayview Wildwood Resort and within about a week they again enjoyed a stay at the Delawana Inn. These are luxurious resorts for meetings when there are a lot of conâ€" ference rooms they could use at Queen‘s Park. s We do, however, feel some compassion for OSSTF district president Sally Rewbotham, who earlier came out in favor of the concession. She was overâ€" ruled by the OSSTF head office (naturally) and she‘s now spouting the party line. Too bad. The Halton Elementary Teachers Association (HETA) of the Ontario Public School Teachers‘ Federation, have left the decision on donating a day‘s pay up to the individual teachers although the parent body is opposed to the move. These teachers‘ groups are confusing the issue. They see themselves as somehow different from the average guy working at a Ford, or Dofasco etc. Their source of income is different but in the end all workers know that if they don‘t act reasonably, their jobs and the entire corporation could be at risk. More on this Wednesday. The returns are still coming in but it appears clear that the Ontario Secondary School Teachers‘ Federation (OSSTF) is still living in some fantasy world. Their Halton District threw cold water on the deal Monday saying "trustees will need to look to the entire citizenry to underwrite the cost of eduâ€" cation". Just where do they think their salaries have been coming from to this point if not all the Halton taxpayers? This is the classic headâ€"m-theâ€"sand approach that has plagued our system for too long. When Halton Board of Education director Bob Williams toured the region asking board employees to donate a day‘s wages to help ease the board‘s budâ€" get dilemma and at the same time save 75 board jobs, he didn‘t know what to expect. ing and unless workers exhibit some sense of reality about thexr job expectations, they risk losing everything. The Halton Board of Education has been battling rising costs for years while its enrollments have remained almost stagnant. Clearly, gone are the days when all boards of education sent the bills and taxpayers wrote the cheques. There are dramatic changes taking place in the way Canadians are workâ€" But it seems some teachers‘ groups don‘t want to hear about such things and want the status quo to continue. Well, that‘s not going to happen. Overburdened taxpayers aren‘t going to let it happen. What measures should the province take to cut its deficit? New realities 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 The Oakwille Beaver, published ever samaywmm and Fi at 467 Ad. Od(vlsm one Mry“ Metroland Pri f PI%“ A sampling of the best answers will be published in the next Weekend ediâ€" tion of the Oakville Beaver. Do you think the GST should be reduced, eliminated or remain the All callers are allowed 45 seconds to respond and must provide their name, address and phone number for verificaâ€" tion. Give us your opinion on this topic.by calling 845â€"5585, box 5012. * Brandi Ray Kay Brown It all started last year with the Clearly Beverage Ivory Clear Dishwashing Detergent § Amoco Ultimate Gasoline Zima Maltbrew _ Choice Mouthwash And what do all these wonkyâ€" sounding products have in comâ€" mon? Well sir, they are all... Transparent. Without color. Which is to say...clear clean through. I‘m not making this up. Ask any marketing person. The hottest products of the day include: Crystal Pepsi Gillette Series Cleargel Deodorant No damned color at all. The color of the moment is... Transparent. Clear. Vanilla on Albino. I learn that the new color, the NOW color, the happening color for this, the second half of 1993, 18... 11 my life I‘ve been trained to respond to colâ€" ors. Black? Bad. Evil. Grim. White? Good. Pure. Innocent. Green? Clean. Unspoiled. Virgin.. Red? Exciting. Vibrant. Alive. _ So what do I learn when I pick up my copy of Maclean‘s this week? Some things are crystal clear Fewer additives, for one thing. I never knew it, but the reason Pepsi and Coke are brown is that the manufacturers stir in some caramel coloring to turn it that color. Without the caramel, drinks like Pepsi would be, well...clear like Crystal Pepsi. No color. Clearly Canadian is as transparent as a glass of water. So is Crystal Pepsi, Palmolive Sensitive Skin Dishwashing Liquid, and the gasoline that gurâ€" gles out of the Amoco Ultimate gas pump. What‘s the point? Who cares if your deodorant is unclouded or pineâ€"green? What difference does it make if the gas in your tank is clear as gin, or black as roofing Corporation â€" a gaggle of entrepreneurs who launched a nonâ€"alcoholic throatâ€"quencher called Clearly Canadian. It is a sparkling, flavoredâ€"water beverâ€" age that tastes remarkably similar to your runâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"cooler, carbonâ€" ated, popâ€"theâ€"topâ€"andâ€"pourâ€"itâ€" downâ€"yourâ€"throat soda fizz...except for one thing. ing. 39 kingâ€"size?" "Regular." "Filter or plain end?" "Filter." "Menthol or standard?" "Standard." **Crushproof or flipâ€"top?" "Flipâ€"top." "Lowâ€"tar or fullâ€"flavor?" "Forget it. I just quit smokâ€" After that, I get to choose from Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Caffeineâ€"Free Pepsi, Sodiumâ€"Free Pepsi, Caffeine and Sodium Diet Pepsi or Wild Cherry Pepsi. Obviously, the market was just crying out for the introduction of all new Crystal Pepsi (also availâ€" able: Diet Crystal Pepsi). Reminds me of the old joke about a guy buying cigarettes. "Certainly sir. Will that be small, medium or large?" "Small." "And did you want regular or That‘s one reason marketers are pushing a whole new raft of transparent products at us. Another reason is even simpler. It gives them something new to sell. Let‘s face it: I don‘t just buy a drink of Pepsi any more. I have to decide whether I want it in tin, glass, or familyâ€"size plastic bottles. Or, do I want to buy it in cans, in shrinkâ€"wrapped sixâ€"packs? by Steve Nease