Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-03
Lifting-Not a Shifting
Needed

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Every one wants lower taxes,
but that's not all they want.
They want soldiers bonus of
a billion or two dollars-along
with lower taxes.
The farmers are demanding
all kinds of Federal aid-and
lower taxes.
Every city or hamlet wants a
new federal building or this or
that-and lower taxes.
1t can't be done. 1t isn't pos
sible. We have one eminent
statesman in Georgia who said
he was going to give US more
and charge us less-but the re-
suits so far is we are PUTTING
OUT more than ever before.
The Worth County Local, an
excellently edited weekly paper
has this to say about lifting tax
es and shifting taxes
A prominent business man as
serts that every official who adj
vocates high taxes should be
driven into private life.
The trouble is, that officials
pretend to be for low taxes for
the masses" but for high taxes
for the rich" with the result
that taxes stay up ana eventually
all the people bear a share Of
the burden.
What the country wants and
needs is not a shifting, but a
lifting of taxes.
The tax shifter is a plain
fraud.
Don't beg the landlady for
better meals and lower rate at
the same time. You'll likely get
neither-or both.
If we MUST have lower tax
es-and the necessity certainly
exists-then we should demand
less from our state and federal
government representatives.
The facts in the case are that
few of us know how much the
government IS doing for each
separate class of citizen. In
speaking of what the federal
government is doing for the
farmers of the nation, the Triton
Gazette makes this observation
along with the list
Sometimes you hear fellow
who doesn't know what he IS
talking about say that Uncle
Sam IS doing nothing for his
nephews on the farms. He's eth
er lying, with intent to deceive
for personal advantage, or
doesn't know what he is
talking about.
The~annual supply bill for the
department of Agriculture, as
passed by the House, carries an
appropriation of $57,000,0O0,
principally for the benefit of the
farmers. Among the items in
the bill are; $4,000 for the
manufacture and distribution of
blackleg vaccine; 100000 for
the eradication of the boil wee
VII; $4,000 for the study of
insects affecting cereal and for
age crops; 100000 for the Grad
ication of the cattle tick; $184,-
600 for treatment Of horse chol-
era; SAIL, 100000 for combating
the barberry; $4,000 for pre-
venting the spead of moths:
$4,000 to control the spread of
European corn borer; $3S1,OOO
for the eradication of the pink
boil worm; $409,000 for continu-
ing the report on crop and live
stock estimates, and 1852, 900 for
market news service. If q farm
er is too stubborn and bull-head-
ed to take advantage of the help
the government offers him, it's
not the governments fault. It's
there for him if he cares to take
advantage of it.
There are certain functions
that only the government can
and should perform, Those list
ed above are good examples oil
what the federal government
SHOULD do. But we do not
stop there. This list of demands
never ends.
This we should remember
whatever we demand and re
ceive, that we must eventually
pay for. IF we would lift taxes
then we must shift some of tn,
demands for appropriations
to the waste basket.