Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-12-23
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES

lowing comprehensive survey of bio
the taxes you pay to the governmer
are apportioned In expenditures.
( will give you the clearest and best ide
Of where your money goes. For bl
purpose Doctor Rosa took the actua
appropriations for the fiscal year 1921
amounting to total of $5,686 005, 70t
| as given In the regular supply bills an
three deficiency bills prior TO May
1920. For convenience be divided tn
purposes for which this money wa
] spent into six groups as follows:
Group I--Obllgations arising from
recent and previous wars, including
. interest on the public debt, pensions
war-risk insurance. rehabilitation and
care of soldiers, deficit In the opera
ton Of railways, expenditures Of the
shipping board, European food relief
and the bonus to government employ
ees to cover partially the increased
cost Of living due to the war, total
If 1855. 4S2 $3.50.
Group H.-War and Navy depart
ments-expenses somewhat above
permanent peace-time bass-S1, 424.-
1867.
Group III.-Priraary governmental
| functions. including congress. Presi-
| dent and White House staff, courts
and penal establishments. departments
OF Justice, state, treasury, interior,
commerce, labor interstate commerce,
and other commissions, one-haf the
District OF Columbia including all the
necessary functions OF government
other than defense, except the COM
mercial activities Of Group V and the
research, educational and develop
mental work of Group VI-$1S1 ,0S7,-
225.
Group w. Public works, including
rivers and hsrbors, public buildings,
reclamation service, post roads. ma
tional parks and railway In Alaska
$16S, 203.557.
Group V.-Commercial or self-sup-
porting activities, including the post |
office, land office, Panama canal and |
housing corporation, which, taken to-
gether, earn their expenses.
Group W.-Research, educational
and developmentai, including the wide
range of work Of the Agricultural de-
partment, geological survey, bureau Of
mines, coast and geodetic survey, bu-
reau of standards, bureau of fisheries.
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce, bureau Of labor statistics,
women's and children's bureaus, voca-
tional education, colleges for agrlcul-
ture and mechanic arts. library Of
Smithsonian institution and
the public health service-$57 400, 661.
Total groups l to VI-$5,6S6,f 05, FOG.
Summary. Per
Cent
Group - Expenditures
aridng from recent
and previous wars. SO, S55 ,4S2, SIS 60 6781
Group lI-War and Navy
departments .......... ,424, 13S, 676 81 500
Group III-Primary gov ,
ernmental functions. ISL ,0S7, 225 Al 31s
Group IV-Public works 16S, 2O3 557 46 297
Group VI-Research, ed
ucational and devel- 8
opmental ............. 5T,093,G 90 1.0i
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Total Sc. Csc COS, 705 81 10000
The first two groups together T
mount to 92.S per cent of the total; t
'ubic works amounts to 3 per cent, p
primary governmental functions 80 C
yer cent, and research, educational
nd developmental work, 1 per cent.
he population of the country being
bout 110000.000, the total budget is 4
bout fifty dollars Sear per capita, h
( which fifty cents u year per cap d
a Is expended for thh wide range of u
esearch, educational and develop
rental work included IN Group VI.
THAT Is, of the fifty dollars year .,
err capita collected for all purposes, -
dollar and half yeor per CAPITA" =,
octor Rosa went OH to point out, -,
was spent for what Is here called !"
rimary functions OF government; "a
early as much more WAS put into pub e
9 works. and fifty cents year was II
ii back into research, educational te
nd deyelopmental work, to promote
ientific research, to Increase produc-
on and efficiency. to develop wealth, s,
promote the public health and to of
nserve our natural resources. That be
very small part OF the total fr
lrdly enough to be regarded as q =,
Irden on the nation.
Indeed, one Is sed to wonder T.,
neither the total bucden of taxation
ould not be lighter If the expendl-
re for scientific and developmental
,rk were Increased, IL, for example, ~
were one dollar year per capita W
stead OF fifty cents. In other words, 'h
$il0,000.000 were expended annu- sli
y for this creative and productive CT
'rk. would n not be easier to collect no
, five and n half billions for other IA.
rposes7"
The big money, OF course, goes for
n, past, present and future. and son
Il is where the saving must be made r,.i
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