Gunnison news-champion., 1924-02-22

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for hts grocsriss aaA coal at that rate.
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the poor man. eheuld be pey IN pro-
that the greater his tncoaae. the more
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principle Of the FEDERAL Incone Tax.
But there are some Who 20 stiil furth-
Of sscriace In tsxstion. That. Of
For the state to take away. say aI
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equally. that 10 to make him feel the
pinch OF sacrifes a. kseniy. Il might
Se,,,e Dc nsss.ssrS TO ssss avsy the m.tos
to adopt any rational principle. fall
bert. the old French minister.. Coll
sui: Il is = s .slack,ns .s 81 Il. The = sos.e- s
SO he was OF the .oplnion that that
form OF taxaaioa In best which gets
the most feathers with the least
Just now the very rich are loudly
aquawktng. Should there be any
easing up on them, Il has been point.
ed out that " the relief Of tax-exempt
securities were denied those $4,000
millionaires. and they were made to
pay taxes at the current rate. the
soidiers' claim might be paid and the
1900. .ooe small income taxpayers still
get the proposed reduction Of rate.
II that recommendation rests on the
principle. soak the rich." u ts. A.
have said. grossly WRONG; On the
n ON 70 f~nc Believe ,hs, % this fe .maii Class Of
very rich men has been escaping It's
fair share OF taxation. then the mat
ter. Of course. takes a different aspect:
not be lost sight of. The couutry's
desire for tax reduction IL no justin-
cation for refusing the soldiers claim
on going into the war had left in
Would anybody argue that Uncle Sam
should be exonerstsd from paying ~
convenient The private going into
the army put Uncle Sam under obii-
CATION. 80 It 10 claimed certain
just or unjust. II il is just. Uncle
Sans convenience has really nothing
point Of reasonable delay. He owes.
and he should pay. However. this
country Ia not bankrupt Uncle sam
can not only pay his debts: he has
And this above all is q mighty poor
time for government officials to pirate
about poverty and air-tight economy.
hppHren.y spp,y si:p.ssd ae nriy",e psrties
would come near to paying this bonus
in its entirety.
The third and last objection which 1
shall eonsider In that adjusted corn
pensation is wrong In principle The
Worlds Work in Its current number
argues that we should resist the COM
pensation not because Il will be ex-
poor. nor because II will mean ad-
ditionai taxation. but for the reason
that the soldier must not be allowed
to capitalize his patriotism; The ne
sell for a paltry sum the greatness and
the glory which invests his military
service. For a mess OF pottage: ike
E.su OF old. he would sell his birth
!, Il this Is true. 1t is serious. Grover
Cleavland won the sober approval OF
fierce abuse and political prestige the
raid on the Treasury In the interest or
unworthy Civil War claimants: But.
pensation about the Justice OF which
we must argue, Adjusted compensation
is not n pension at all: II is not a
Rratuity. II is. as ! have said. merely
n reimbursement for money losses sus.
tanned through service in the World
war. II is simply a claim for wages
which have not been fully paid:
Patriotism should not be capitalized
but neither should II be penalized.
Uncle Sam should not heavily pcnalixe
men for serving In his armies. You
can't compensate men for valor and
loyalty. And to insinuate that many
OF our soldiers want It IL base