Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!mason
From: mason@tmsoft.uucp (Dave Mason)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: TAX REVOLT NOW!!
Message-ID: <1989Aug13.162306.7660@tmsoft.uucp>
Date: 13 Aug 89 16:23:06 GMT
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In article <3983@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
>	Which country, Canada or the US, spends a higher percentage
>	of its G.N.P. on social programs?
>
>	Wrong.  It's the USA, although the last time I read it it was
>	something like 11.9% of Canada and 12.1% for the USA, not a huge
>	difference.   But they have a slightly higher GNP per capita, too.

While I accept the figures, it implies a set of priorities that are at
odds with reality.  I suspect that if our deficit were at the same
level (proportionatly) as theirs, the figures would be reversed.

**THIS DOES NOT** mean that I think it is appropriate for us to be
spending so much on debt service.  I think it's vital that we
eliminate the deficit so that we can start spending an appropriate
amount on real needs.

	../Dave