The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-22
CITIZENSHIP COLUMN
CHAPTER xIII-Taxation.

/. @. What do people provide for
their own protection?
A. Roads and streets, education,
health departments, fire and police
departments, army, navy, hospitals
and asylums.
2. @. Who receives the benefit of
these means of protection?
A. These means of protection are
all for the benefit of the people.
8. @. Whose duty is it to pay for
these?
A. 1t is the peoples duty to pay for
them
4. @. How can they be paid for?
A. BY taxes, which are distributed
in such a way that every one will pay
his fair share.
5. @. What is poll tax?
A. A poll tax is a special tax placed
upon every man who is over certain
age, usually 81 years.
6. @. Do you think this is good
form of tax?
A. No, because it is too hard to col
lect. Men can easily get out of paying
it.
Z. Q. What is the most common
tax?
A. The most common is the general
property tax.
5. @. How is the property tax as
sessed?
A.. The tax is assessed upon the
amount of property one possesses.
9. @. Does the man who owns
property always pay the tax directly?
A. No, for IL he rents his property,
the rent is usually high enough to pay
the taxes
10. @. Who finally pays property
tax?
A. The property tax is finally paid
by the man who rents property or uses
goods.
Lesson 2.
l. @. How ought taxes be distribut-
ed among the people?
A. They ought to he distributed ac-
cording to the ability of people to pay.
2. @. Upon what does the ability to
pay depend?
A. The ability to pay depends upon
the amount Of income a man may
have.
3. @. Does the Government take
this into account in collecting income
taxes?
A. Yes, the income tax exempts
enough for living expenses, and in
creases as the income increases.
4. Q. Why is the income tax COM
ing into general use now?
A. Because it is easier to make each
person pay his fair share of the cost
than by the property tax.
5. @. What is the inheritance tax?
A. The Inheritance tax is the money
taken for public use from the property
which man leaves when he dies.
& @. Is the inheritance tax the
same for all?
A. No. The tax is increased as the
amount which man leaves increases.
z. @. Why do We have inheritance
taxes? Q ''f '''f' a'n @eTa & r. =
A. Because many of our people be-
lieve that if large amounts of property
are left-at death, they should be taxed
for the benefit of all people.
8. @. Are some taxes paid indirect
| ly?
A. Yes, they are added to the cost
of goods and paid by the person who
uses the goods.
| 9. @. Do all people think this is a
good way to tax people?
A. No. People pay this kind of tax
without knowing it, but many persons
| would rather know how much it is and
pay it directly.
10. @. What is the single tax?
A. The single tax is system which
places all taxes on land, but none on
buildings or improvements.
II. @. Under this system, If the
land increased in value, would the tax
be increased?
A. Yes, all increases in land value
would be taken as tax.
|, II. O. Why do many people want
this system of taxation?
A. Because they think that it Is the
people who live in the community and
not the owner to make the land valu-
able, and they ought to have the bene-
fit of the increased value.