The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03

D.,rasentatlVe w. D. d. hS, VI 0i-
:, .orrtv. in a recent communica-
10 fine Macon Telegraph, discuss
w. .ba proposed state income tax, and
/ ~ ,bv he opposes putting that adj
, t.;, burden on an already heavily
uysd people. He says in part;
al, ,bor+ the surest way to kill the in
ADJ tov movement for all time, in
ol"i judgment, would be to take in all
y! yoI 1uG9 regardless of size. AS an OPP
Oaant Of the income tax law Tor. our
PolIo"' would like to see this done,
la.1 .cb system is to be foisted on
su naonIe | know it won't be done,
9e . pv 1t wouldn't be at all pop
I0" md that seems to be the guage
al ,oTisIative enactment these days.
p rb .( idea which seems to underlie
:" aoitation for the adoption OF the
acome tax system in Georgia IS that
Vii iii Give the state great deal more
o we, and that it is imperative that
oN b3ve much more. While it is true
The needs of government are
L Iaa than they were in times past,
=; e', oanacea for financial Ills will not
i've our problems. | say this not as
who has the qualifications OF a
roobet. but simply from an observa-
In OF what is going on IN some 9th
states. A larger revenue Will SIM
/, lead to larger expenditures. That
been the case in every state which
i Increased its income tax method.
al of these, appropriations have
,rned bv leaps and bounds and f.
pnc;al difficulties are no nearer solv--
than they were before. With all
rts OF paternalistic schemes and IN
oft-repeated name OF progress
lew have gone on spending and
ENDING, And they are worrying Just
,e we are in Georgia how to make
BIDS meet.
Spend Beyond Means.
The truth of the matter is that most
d;,.iduals and all state governments,
saw nothing of the federal govern
lent are unwilling to follow a scale
II living commensurate with their
hcketbooks. To further abuse the
+,cb-needed expression, we need to
back to normally. A sane business
mnistration of the affairs OF this
lie, with the determination on the
RI OF the Legislature that a great
Inv things we would like to do and
to have we can't afford to do and
"a have. would solve the financial!
spblem satisfactorily, instead OF
king to devise schemes to put add
81 burdens upon the taxpayers. In
sbatever guise such taxes are assess
81 ultimately they are coming out OF
ID pockets of the people.
Ii it is found that in spite OF the
sktailment of useless expenditures,
"a the administration of the state
a6bn such a budget system as a pru-
IN man of affairs would employ,
s Ire revenue simply has to be found,
N it is to be hoped (by SEINE OF us,
Il least, who may be classed as re-
s. konaries). that resort will not be
to a tax system which normally
les the burden of government upon
hall traction of the citizens OF the
4. e and further hampers and dis
3 RACES business in its great effort to
sintain its footing. If hidden prop
values are to be reached let's at
pt it by a sensible classification
II OF taxation, which system, l may
has been recommended by. the
I'll legislative committees appointed
& different times to study the subject
report their conclusions to the
heral assembly.
Encourages Extravaganza.
h conclusion, | would like to quote
excerpt or two from the letter OF
kery eminent attorney of Wlscon-
which state has had the income
in operation longer than any 9TH
state in the country. In comment
upon the fact that the income tax
Re has been productive OF public
ravagance, he says: 1T is the
test folly for any one to claim we
any better governed nowadays
we were formerly, yet 1t now
IS around $25,000,000 year to run
state of Wisconsin. When any one
s. poses new way to spend money,
suggests that the money be rails
by increasing the tax upon cor
ations and the surtaxes upon the
pines OF wealthy individuals, ev-
Body votes for it. But people will
h in time that all these taxes
per or later come out of the pock-
OF the consumer, and one OF the
elements in the high cost OF hv-