I heard a fellow say, regarding the teacher’s strike, “What can you do? Ford promised to reduce the deficit. We have to cut somewhere.” Actually you don’t! You can increase revenue. Give the teachers the extra one percent but then tax it back. Of course other people with similar incomes would also be taxed at the same rate. Thus, rather than resulting in additional expense, there would be an increase in revenue.

The real elephant in the room is that people do not want to pay for the benefits that they receive, the main one being the privilege of living in Canada.

Bill Moses
Owen Sound