By KEN SMITH Canadian Press Let's assume that you're among the lucky seven out of eight Canadians who, wanting a job, actually have regular work. That means you have been earning money for yourself and your family for about :the last three’ months. Since we've passed the ninth month of the year, what happened to the money you ¢arned in the first six months? Simple. It went to the federal, provincial or municipal governments. It's not quite as dramatic as that, of course; You didn't actually go without any income for six months. Instead, the various levels of governments siphoned off their share in pieces, through regular contributions’ to personal federal and provincial income taxes, municipal taxes, sales taxes, excise laws and assorted other regulations officials have developed to dip into your wallet. But over the year, the three levels of. AS Wa ital it looks like a huge ripoff but —'no matter how much‘ you may object to paying taxes — this obviously isn't the case. PROVIDE SERVICE Governments use the money to provide services from’ hospitals and schools, roads, airports and ice- .° ranging breakers to police and firemen which you patently can't afford by, yourself. Granted that, however, a legitimate question being raised more and more fi ly is whether g getting too big for the economy. Is it starting to squeeze out. private enterprise, and consumers? jie ‘Avlot of experts think so. +, The debate has surfaced a; primarily because of Canada's huge federal deficit, expected to run to $81 billion during the next year. Throw in another $15 billion, for the provinces and will take about 50 per cent of the total value of all ‘the goods and services produced in the country. ‘What does this mean, in real arse for you? NOTICE. Irene Kopan of Kootenay - Slocan Bookkeeping and Income Tax Service Wishes to thank her many friends and business clients for their patronage and support. Irene has relocated to the East Kootenays and willice continue-her business. rat operat + No. 306 — 1501 Boker Street P.O. Box $37, Cranbrook, B. CASTLEGAR, KITCHEN DE! DESIGN CABINETS ers AND ISATHROOM ANTES 600 - 23RD STREET * CASTLEGAR, BC. VIN. 2R5, s ‘Gibs va Sibson.” ane, Carol Magaw Dianna Kootnikoff ADVERTISING SALES and you are talking big bucks, indeed. There are only two ways the governments can raise the money to carry on progr’ they see as and reduce their deficits. : . One is to raise taxes still higher. The other is to borrow it. ‘TAXES TO RISE Higher taxes are already on hed federal books for ine year, ‘will grow the country’s economy continues the strong recovery mee earlier this year from Canada's Worst recession in five decades. Latest ities, h petering out. i If that is the case, governments — especially Ottawa — will have to increase gations. That's going to put them in direct conflict with business, which needs funds to rebuild their plants, and consumers, who need to borrow to finance big-money items speh as homes, cars and major: appliances. 4 Such a conflict will i ‘ean upward p on interest rates, since money. r responds to the classic Sconoaiens theory of supply and (demand. r, suggest that ery. is seal ais ath their ‘Rorrowing to meet their obit: S Super erValu ab 07 SALE DATES: OCT. 13, & 1S Produce Specials - CASTLEGAR NEWS | 70. DRAWER 3007, CASTLEGAR, 6C..ViN Id ALCON PAINTING & DECORATING 2649 ~FountH CASTLEGAR a. BLT vi N 281 365-3563 HLOOKOFF NG BUC AVATINGL L1D. crescent valey. Be. e excavate Roed Bulging Rose cpecializing in Wetiends . John J. Hiookoft ron 239-7488 ‘Owner-Operator _Cream style com Green Giant. 3 Rechaiy tc ca aes Sesescccses - a tomato j ne reguler or drip. 737 grem tin .. Robin Hood flour ofl purpose, family pak. 20kg bog Minute Meld : orange juice regyler or with pulp. 385 mi tin Super Velu Ice cream oll flavors, 2 litre ....sscceene The more peop! Peeeene tas want tt, th it's going to cost. And that's what interest rates are all about, the cost of money. sia (EUELSINFLATION. |; An alternative is for Ottawa to tell the Bank of Canada’ to rank up ts printing preases,and churn ‘out erie however, has shown “CAR OF THE FUTURE own any fe a because of the fear. that a sudden increase in the le aupply of money would touch off another round of high infla ‘The: outlook? Well, says Ben Gestrin, vice-president and. economic "adviser with the Canadian Imperial Bank/of Commerce, the r | for {a year or. so. become serious, But he expects: thatthe private’ sector's appetite for: money will have grown by the: middle of this detade, | and then it could*come in conflict with governments’ demands for cash unless their, deficits have, been reduced to provide room for private financing. The middle of this decade, however is ites more: than a zeae away: That doesn't “heave. much room te manoeu' EXPORTS BLOCKED apenawa (GP) dians are paying for job.ere-. are i: wont by ‘multinational ation in other industrialized corpora countries while ‘loging: out on | , Canadian-owned cane potential jobs ‘at. horse, Be: ‘be-." tions. eet itt give us an idea of of “|, road. It would Cana ae eae i of ‘gasoline. a wang passenger car.” 70 KM/LITRE ‘ SASKATOON (CP)—Barry Hertz, working on & commuter vehicle of the future for the Federal Transport is aiming at a vehicle that could cover the 2,987 kilometres from here to Toronto on less than a tank ‘TO GET “We want to design a vehicle for 88 wi two passengers and a couple of bags of groceries that knock aif 70 Kilometres to 80 kilometres per litre,” sald Hertz, who has been tinkering with cars for more than 80 years..“We consider 70 kilometres per litre a low goal for at will lertz has taken a leave of absence from the a it the L of ‘economic necessity. the travelling will lik type of vehicle.” loaded to capacity.” “Herts has experience’ wehicles. He coached’ a ~< these cable: in’ these ‘And while 13 faition (Gan-”. markets,” he said. * fety. of groups indicate for- official admits. eign’ ownership inhibits ex- doesn't seem to have a. pee ‘on the extent of ‘the export fi problem. (Glen ‘Williams, an’ econ- "The official contirmed: eee scar eten University, that’ Ottawa:.is -aware preventing’, ‘Canadian -subsi- diaries from competing with aiden tial 1977 “federal ae lent 7 ledera! them in export ‘markets, birt << mmorand: ; a says Pee pounsies, the official titled Still Not For’ Export. "ibe inane, sett I have/no.idea how big a croved'-was revealed this problem itis. swaek ‘by senior federal offi- i “One thing-we could do if cials at a background news ~ we had the time and the data briefing set up in connection would be to look, for in- with a visit to Canada by the Stance, at the contracts won president of the “Asian’:De- by Cankdian firms and see velopment Bank. > Marahal, Mich sean fibreglass and not available’ to the public. loacrsrresay peters on the project, which he feels is an “When we Took. down the road:and the price of gas is $8.76 per litre ($40 a gallon) around the year 2000 a lot of ue plans be done by this more modest He admits the car of the future will be austere vehicle bearing little resemblance to cars now on the cost only about $5,000. , Hertz decided to concentrate on a car for one or two Ki people because surveys show the average occupancy rate ~ per vehicle is about 1.2 passengers. “Vehicles are seldom ‘The toughest part of the challenge, he said, is not designee | the vehicle, but meeting federal safety HAS EXPERIENCE in designing fuel-efficient group of University of Saskatchewan students who set a world fuel-mileage ' record this year for gasoline-powered vehicles’ built by per litre. “The vehicles, resembling transparent cigars strap- ped to three bicycle tires, placed first and second at the | 1988; North American fuel efficiency competition in The. aliens ‘Saskatchewan vehicle, called Ultra, contained - materials such as plastic wrap, aluminum. It weighed: 20 was about two metres long and half a metre in pe and was operated from a prone position. y/All vehicles in the competition were powered by standard Briggs and Stratton two-horsepower engines, ‘which could be altered, and used 150 octane fuel, a type “We've. taken aircraft technology and applied it to Toad travel,” Hertz said. “The lower the resistance to the z wind! the farther it, will travel.” 2 ‘ ” Cable are chances “Cable West TV Ltd., which os been supplying cable TV service in the Trail/Castlegar area, will now be known as Shaw. Cablesystems (B.C.) Ltd., to the pres- ident : of ‘Capital Cable TV bance asia In announcing the name change, Shaw. said | the com- He said the change in the corporate:identity reflects a new direction for the com- pany which until now re- tained area- -by-area identity. “By bringing all the British Columbia and Alberta com- panies owned by Capital Cable TV of Edmonton under one name, the corporation can now be das one Pany’s' other. across Canada — all of which have ‘individual names — will eventually change to Shaw Cablesystems as well. Colville’ JC. Penney Co. Country Store Mosby’s Men’s Wear The Cherry Tree Egger Furniture George's TV & Appliance “Ivar’s House of-Music 'E-Z Knit Fabrics - Empire Auto Parts The Barbary Coast Harold's Tavern The Toggery Sandra Kay’s Saturday & Monday Oct. 8 and 10, 1983 on regular priced merchandise in stock. CANADIAN MONEY AT.PAR 4N- COLVILLE, WASH. Look For The Canadian Maple Leaf at These Participating Stores: Clark's All-Sports Goodwill industries Olive Tree Christian Supply LaPiant Jewelers . House of Fabric Lad ‘N Lassie Kelly’s Office Supplies - Fonk’'s Pet'& Variety : Jack.& Jill Children’s Wear Western Ranch Store Mode 0’ Day Frank's Pharmacy ‘ Two Swabbies — See You In Colville — of Canada's largest leading cable TV companies,” said Shaw.. __ At present, Capital Cable TV. ranks as the fourth larg- est in Canada in total eS of subscribers, Cable West, operating sys- tems in North-West. Vancou- ver, Nanaimo, Trail, Nelson ‘ and Red Deer, Alberta as well as Capital Cable's other . wholly owned subsidiaries of Urban: Cablevision in Lang- ford-Sooke, Penticton Cable, Kelowna Cable and White Rock Cablevision, will all be identified as Shaw Cable, How to Subscribe to the Castlegar ceaene, Bc, VIN SHA fes, I'm interested ii tag the Costlegar News ras o Carrier U Mail dolanne contact me with (RE EE Name (Please Print) Ry Clit acteai es eee ges AA GAMERS OL EE Lihone Number these ‘three ‘sectit : stay in'Finland, he was made an honorary Scout’ leader. Ai | District; and is committed to promoting boy, parent and i Tegistration or other matters, or would like to volunteer willbe méeting fet pew loaders Abd pew parents, Topic: : and* to each 3 i stlegar area, and as’a ‘youth was'a Cub, Scout and Venturer, He maintained his Fees perutine by beconilie & leterin cash of Hd had las served on a Bows neyioa asta: Ddsiag & Gordon: brifigs new ‘ideas ‘and lots of enthusiasm to the leader participation in: Scouting. ‘Discussion’ ‘centered ‘on the four. group: committee ‘ ¢ ue inall still being ‘accepted. ‘The fee is $25: If you require information on | Castlegar: North 865-8774, Robson “Tonight from 7 to,9:30 p.m. at the Scout Hall, there The » ‘Part I Wondbaige wil be held on Nov 5 — more ‘later. District was informed that there has heen a change in the Scout and Venturer hats.The peak style cap has been approved nationally. It isthe’ only: style now available for Venturers. Scouts may wear the peak cap ‘only if the whole troop makes the change.’ . Scouts were happy ‘to participate in the recent United Way kick-off celebrations. Thank you to Marv Hart for his organization. Joanne Langiois, public relation and ‘Maison officer for.the National Exhibition Centre, told the District that ' some future presentations at the centre will be directed at younger people, and requested input and participation - in this facility. Inquiries Fegirding the Scout Hall should be directed ito, Grace Wilson 965-8858, ‘The next District Council.meeting will be held on Oct, 19 7/0 pm. In the Seout Hall Parent and JA Lo New Havers store - “It is a strange phenom- ‘week enon to see a government Drug : ‘name of restraint, at the igame time as they are spend- ing in excess of $4 million in a pe money. This on new ‘and expanded liquor market- Passenger forces plane landing. ‘The pilot at first tried to: : | calm the man down but when the pilot returned ‘to: the cockpit the passenger tried to follow him’and the flight’ ere Bed te Task ie cabin i i . became involved in'a series of ~The man was taken off the a turned over’ to ~ arguments with members of plane \ flight crew after they re- police. The plane then re- ‘fused to continue serving him sumed its flight to Vancou- i reece ia os | Castlegar Savings Credit Union Castlegar Slocan Park 365-7232 226-7212 CLOSED SAT. OCT. 8 ‘ Due to the - NS Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Ly, predictable.: asi d e, is common response was that called the “greenhouse ef- CASTLEGAR NEWS) October $) 1983. are not getting any warmer - the media. 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