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<div>Yes, well, this is a contentious issue in whatever sphere it
arsises. My point is simply that tax credits offer no benefit,
especially to low income families. They mask cuts to essential
services, and there is no evidence that tax credit schemes generate
economic activity (that's the discredited "trickle-down"
theory of Reaganomics). The low income single mother will find that
any tax credit she receives will cover only a fraction of her actual
cost. This is the problem with the childcare credit scheme as well.
The net result is that lower income families will have to pay more for
services.</div>
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<div>An activist in my community has addressed this issue of the arts
credit petition on his blog. II think it's worth a look:
http://philallt.ca/</div>
<div>cheers</div>
<div>Alan</div>
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<div>At 11:38 AM -0400 6/1/06, Leslie Barcza wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">I want to make sure I understand before I call you out
on this Alan (and make a fool of myself in front of the entire
listserv). </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">I think what you say would be true if one could
ever imagine dance or piano lessons being part of the
school curriculum...but it was always peripheral (as far
back as school curricula in the 60s and 70s). Yes the
principle you speak of is true; the direction of this petition is
something else, as far as I can tell.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Yes it's true that arts education --drama in high
school for instance--seems to be the first thing cut when times are
tough; but that's not relevant in this case. The money from such
a credit might help the rich but it could just as easily help a poor
single mother who can't afford the "luxury" of sending a
child to dance or singing or trumpet or guitar lessons: a normal part
of life in the rich communities of this
country. </font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">And it would certainly help put money in the pockets
of the teachers (speaking of poor people).</font></blockquote>
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color="#0000FF">Leslie</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Tahoma" size="-1">-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> Canadian Theatre Reserach
[mailto:CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Alan Filewod<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Fw: Petition to support youth in arts</font><br>
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<blockquote>Perhaps the saddest thing about this is the way in which
arts supporters endorse the conservative platform of tax credits. For
my part I will not sign this petitiion because it is fundamentally bad
public policy. Reaganomics doesn't work. As we saw in the Tory
childcare plan, tax credits are an integral part of the systematic
defunding of essential services.</blockquote>
<blockquote>cheers</blockquote>
<blockquote>Alan</blockquote>
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<blockquote>At 10:11 AM -0700 6/1/06, Rebecca Burton wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Hello
Candramers</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">I just received
this email from Jan Selman (please see below) and thought I would
pass it on since the issue came up at one point during the ACTR
conference. Some people were interested in more
information and the petition about the new tax credit for kid's
sports (but not artistic) activities.</font><br>
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<blockquote>Cheers,<br>
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<blockquote>Rebecca<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#000000">----- Original Message
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>From:</b></font> <a
href="mailto:michaelscholar@gmail.com"><font face="Arial"
color="#000000">michael scholar</font></a><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday,
May 30, 2006 3:10 PM</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>Subject:</b>
Petition to support youth in arts</font><br>
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color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">Dear
friends,</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF"><br>
Some of you may have received this already, but if not, please sign
and pass it along to others in your address book. It's too important
an issue to ignore.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">If you click on the
link below, you can read and sign an online petition to the federal
government, requesting that it reconsider its budget provision giving
a tax break to parents who put their children in organized sports
(hockey, soccer), but giving nothing to parents who choose to develop
their children's intellectual and artistic talents (art, music, dance,
drama). This is not good public policy.</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">If you agree with that
view and the wording of this petition, please sign it yourself and
copy the link to your like-minded friends.</font><br>
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<blockquote><a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/"><font
face="Arial"
color="#0000FF">http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/</font></a><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">My apologies if you
have received more than one of these. Please sign the petition only
once.</font><br>
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color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000">***************************</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">Jan
Selman</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Principal
Investigator,</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1"><i>Are We There Yet?</i>
Community-University Research Alliance</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Chair (on leave, July
2005-June 2006)</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Department of
Drama</font><br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">University of
Alberta</font><br>
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<blockquote>--<br>
Alan Filewod<br>
Professor<br>
Schoool of English and Theatre Studies<br>
University of Guelph<br>
<br>
Guelph ON<br>
Canada N1G 2W1</blockquote>
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<div>-- <br>
Alan Filewod<br>
Professor<br>
Schoool of English and Theatre Studies<br>
University of Guelph<br>
<br>
Guelph ON<br>
Canada N1G 2W1<br>
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