/Users/andrea/_magisterarbeit/korpus/clean/trainkorpus/9/file_173o.html NN ----------------------------------------- : From IN the DT Left NP The DT 1998 CD Guelph NP Tribune NP columns NNS March NP 25 CD , , 1998 CD In IN an DT overwhelming JJ display NN of IN good JJ sense NN , , city NN councillors NNS decided VVD to TO take VV control NN of IN this DT year's JJ budget NN process NN out IN of IN the DT hands NNS of IN the DT Finance NP and CC Administration NP Committee NP . SENT Only RB two CD councillors NNS , , Dan NP Schnurr NP and CC Phil NP Cumming NP , , were VBD opposed VVN . SENT They PP are VBP both DT members NNS of IN the DT committee NN , , and CC wanted VVD to TO use VV it PP to TO cut VV city NN services NNS rather RB than IN increase NN taxes NNS . SENT Even RB their PP$ Tory NP cronies NNS around IN the DT horseshoe NN recognize VVP that IN there EX is VBZ no DT sense NN tilting VVG at IN the DT taxation NN windmills VVZ after IN what WP Mike NP Harris NP did VVD to TO them PP . SENT But CC our PP$ two CD municipal JJ Don NP Quixotes NP continue VVP to TO do VV chase VV their PP$ impossible JJ dream NN , , refusing VVG to TO recognize VV reality NN , , even RB when WRB it PP threatens VVZ to TO knock VV them PP off IN their PP$ horses NNS . SENT A DT couple NN of IN weeks NNS ago RB , , Lynda NP Prior RB was VBD one CD of IN them PP . SENT Actually RB , , she PP still RB is VBZ . SENT She's NP just RB a DT bit NN subdued VVN now RB as IN she PP recovers VVZ from IN a DT case NN of IN foot NN in IN mouth NN disease NN she PP caught VVD after IN taking VVG some DT bad JJ advice NN . SENT Prior RB wanted VVD to TO throw VV a DT lot NN of IN hard JJ working VVG city NN employees NNS out RB of IN work NN . SENT She PP didn't VVD really RB care VV about IN the DT devastation NN this DT would MD wreak VV upon RP their PP$ families NNS , , as RB long RB as IN her PP$ own JJ property NN tax NN didn't NN go VV up RP . SENT Prior RB is VBZ unrepentant JJ about IN this DT callous JJ disregard NN for IN the DT people NNS who WP keep VVP our PP$ city NN running VVG , , but CC she PP has VHZ abandoned VVN the DT fight NN . SENT She PP can MD see VV that IN the DT 2 CD . SENT 5 CD million CD shortfall NN from IN provincial JJ down JJ loading NN is VBZ an DT insurmountable JJ barrier NN . SENT Prior RB has VHZ now RB set VVN her PP$ sights NNS on IN a DT 3 CD . SENT 5 CD per IN cent NN tax NN increase NN . SENT Even RB this DT can't NN be VB accomplished VVN without IN further JJR cuts NNS to TO city NN services NNS . SENT Odds NNS are VBP that IN we PP will MD end VV up RP with IN an DT increase NN closer RBR to TO 5 CD per IN cent NN . SENT This DT whole JJ budget NN exercise NN shows VVZ the DT true JJ results NNS of IN the DT trickle NN down IN economics NNS preached VVN by IN right JJ wing NN politicians NNS and CC their PP$ financier NN pals NNS . SENT This DT theory NN , , in IN its PP$ simplest JJS terms NNS , , says VVZ that IN cutting VVG taxes NNS puts VVZ more JJR money NN into IN people's NP pockets NNS . SENT This DT money NN gets VVZ spent VVN . SENT The DT spending NN results NNS in IN increased JJ employment NN in IN the DT manufacturing NN and CC service NN sectors NNS of IN the DT economy NN . SENT The DT increased JJ employment NN puts VVZ even RB more JJR money NN into IN people's NP pockets NNS . SENT It PP is VBZ a DT simple NN minded VVD solution NN to TO complicated JJ problems NNS , , and CC , , not RB surprisingly RB , , it PP doesn't VVD work NN . SENT The DT only JJ thing NN that WDT has VHZ trickled VVN down RB is VBZ pain NN . SENT Any DT money NN that IN working VVG families NNS could MD have VH saved VVN through IN Harris's NP tax NN cut NN will MD be VB lost VVN through IN city NN taxes NNS and CC user NN fees NNS . SENT In IN the DT meanwhile NN , , child NN poverty NN continues VVZ to TO rise VV as IN families NNS struggle NN with IN the DT cruel JJ realities NNS of IN neo NN conservative JJ economic JJ policy NN . SENT Instead RB of IN money NN trickling VVG down RP onto IN the DT heads NNS of IN the DT poor JJ , , it PP is VBZ flooding VVG up RP to TO the DT already RB wealthy JJ . SENT While IN the DT poor NN become VVN poorer RBR , , the DT rich JJ get VVP richer JJR . SENT A DT tax NN cut NN could MD have VH been VBN possible JJ , , if IN a DT fair JJ taxation NN system NN had VHD been VBN put VVN in IN place NN by IN higher JJR levels NNS of IN government NN . SENT A DT measure NN as IN simple JJ as IN the DT Tobin NP tax NN , , devised VVN by IN a DT Nobel NP prize NN winning VVG Harvard NP economist NN , , could MD have VH eliminated VVN the DT deficit NN quickly RB and CC painlessly RB . SENT This DT tax NN would MD put VV a DT 0 CD . SENT 2 CD per IN cent NN levy NN on IN all DT international JJ financial JJ transactions NNS . SENT A DT tremendous JJ amount NN of IN wealth NN is VBZ made VVN in IN the DT international JJ money NN markets NNS , , and CC none NN of IN it PP is VBZ taxed VVN . SENT With IN the DT Tobin NP tax NN , , the DT bond NN traders NNS would MD still RB do VV very RB well RB for IN themselves PP while IN being VBG forced VVN to TO contribute VV something NN towards IN easing VVG the DT social JJ chaos NN they PP cause VVP . SENT Unfortunately RB , , neither CC the DT Liberals NNS nor CC the DT Conservatives NPS have VHP the DT political JJ will NN to TO do VV this DT . SENT As IN a DT result NN , , our PP$ city NN councillors NNS have VHP to TO operate VV in IN an DT environment NN where WRB they PP have VHP very RB few JJ options NNS . SENT Given VVN the DT realities NNS within IN which WDT they PP must MD make VV their PP$ choices NNS , , a DT tax NN freeze NN is VBZ politically RB and CC morally RB impossible JJ . SENT