The Crittenden press., 1922-02-17

MAGNITUDE OF BILLIONS


hujhol, elise Dos the fu.rHrsi cfnCrp.
tinn of what aua billion io.Hr naIy
g. We speak Familiarity 1f billions as
o. commonplace huf mH.f ~ us i've
our live, lu teuls oi hundreds
have shown yoH chat every one
81 us mln. woman lnl OlI. in thIt
country. paid nH yclr SSH each
toward che support of che government
/ 90 course. rvery person laes nat pas
exactly Sd7I A gnuf many Jay
more and some pas ir.s hui those
Who pas the most tg iH take t out
n those who pas ihe least bY Incrcas.
inF the prices NJ what fhri have 20
sril. ~ ~ services rendered af work
I Performed so that o. averages out 81
S1T7 some pay more than their
sharo. others pas less This IL called
an Incident of taxation The whole
I point ls that we ali pas that ss pay
nov more than We ever paid before
and then' is no present prpapcci u our
paying less for some years
In thu way ae lase ali paid our
share in tho World var The net cust
- that enterprise o. Date has been
t2fionOopo or Including our loans
O. forlzn governments. which have
not BEEN repaid. Sa.fs1e1en These
are Official treasury nguns DO not
let your eyes run over them lightly
ThiuYihree hiIiion four hundred AMI
1ffy i've million dollars o. an almost
inonmrrehensihie sum The COST ~
running thr national government is
noU around sinuunos a year The
exreus sny that for the nesi tao or
thfee years che cost ~ co. government
WIN noi desernd ts'ea shout ffen..
Ooeo a ycaf
want sou cicariy % uriofsiand tte
immensely. the mar'fuie. ihe over.
whclmine slre III sufh sums We
chatter about h'n.ans nowadays with.
cui ln the ieae tn1aiHF ahat D. a
hnion. tei me ty O. hfiug o. home
O. sou. li o. nuu. roughly speaking
1870 years since fhe birth 70 Christ
We A. noi kuoa precisely anl acru.
rrteiy ~ what hofg ani oH what fay
Christ was hofn. ilt under ths Gre.
Forlan calendar. aocnri'nf 90 which
ue row ferknn timf ue have e
rvcord ~ the DAYS since January nrsi
of he YEAR one. Anno nnm.nI Prom
ne beginning ~ ~ yer ,ue % Jan.
nary !. 1921. there ELAPSED about TOi.
gGI days. or. % REDUCE o. further.
T. 1tSn COS hourt. which being rffncsi
ngaln. means 100 s2ifso minutes
uil ask you 90 remember thar ths
whole history ~ the moien wor.d
frum thc nrsi serrld ~ tho year one
o. the last seooHd n ihe wear ipn
has hern compressed into iO1 s2tfs1
uinuieA
Now iei us surp01e that uifh ths
permlssi0n Of the nomln authorities
the United States hai established q
f.shur'ur of.oor a. Jerusalem ou the
fni fay of ne year oue WITH Insiuc.
tlons o. pas out 81 q minute i1v and
night sundays and holidays Included
fleht down through ths ceniuries %
Now Years day. 1897
sunpose he had been given Si.fsG
Oui1nG O. start him on bis long spell
of spending That o. one esiImsis oi
me sum that n cost 20 run this gov.
eminent in 1890 on he morning oi
January I. 1901. ihls mythical fisburs
Ing oficer. giving money auar ~ ihs
rate of s. minute. would have spent
only sa.Oia.i22 zoo and would silll
BE- one % tho richest men in ~
world foF be would have ieft ou
hand tGldszl01 of the original sum
Paying out A. he rate N 81 a minute
Coz more than 100 years h. would
not have kspt pacr with the cost oi
upkesp % this government for the one
single year 1870
Suppose this Imaginary EoVernmanl
rpender had been authorized 90 pas
oui a. the rate of 81 q minutr through
the centuries NJ Woaif not has,
fnNhed. on January I. 1874 paying
Or our shnre ~ the cost 1f ne Wofil
var by sams sIstomom ne vuuil
have that much lefi over sitter payluI
out S1le.s g10i0 NE would have bcri
naylng out nearly an CENTS evcrv 30
oud the clock ticfst fof mnrc than n
CENTURIES uiihnut heinz nhle 10 d's
charge our share Of The World val
cost
DO you ever bother your head ahou
thsse bushels and bushels of dollar
that you contribute 90 the support %
the government You earned them
You know whether they came easily o
not 10 you know where they q
after they leayr yuu how they ar
srent. whether wisely ~ foolishly
lfs all your money. contrAuted Tor th
prurer and ecouonlc couduci Of you
business There 4 no such thing q
government money. The Eoycrumen
never earned a cent
You own the government and yol
support a. and n 4 merely admins
tered by men of your selection.
have always hecn puzzled about VII
you 40 no, take an actlve and eaEe
interest ln what bccumes ~ yuu
money that yon pay ln taxes
nut lsts - on aud SCI down Z