The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-11-20

PEAklNG of taXes-and who is not ?-the tax collector
~ demands from each of days labor of ca
Oh week. All of men, and children earn yearly
around 80 billion dollars Our tax bill is nearly Is billion
-one-sixth of our total earning capacity.
Look at taxes another way One person of who are
ganfully employed is public employee Not long ago
we required only person out of each p to perform the
services which demanded of government. few more
OF our demands and it will be out of ten then out
of nine and and When will we stop saying "The
Government ought to do this, and that and the other
thng?
Most people think the rich and the corporations pay the
taxes This fallacy, than any other single thing is
responsible for increasing tax burden observed
how skilfuly million dollars extracted from al
state legislature by the argument that of the money
would be paid by the railroads, anyway. The state the
argument would be getting dollars worth of univer-
sity buildings for so cents
But the naked truth is that every and who
ate meal in that state who bought suit of Clothes who
lived in house. helped to pay the dollars which the egis
laors thought they taking out Of the hides of the rail
roads.
The railroads simply collected it from the people who
shipped freight bought goods which some one else had
shipped.
Another faacy is that everything from the Government
is free Free Seeds it used to be- free publications
free advice free help free this and that Such CHASTITY
joke! There is such thing government any more
Government costs real money Every selfsuportng citi-
shares his income with the milon-odd men and women
now on government pay rolls
gentleman, visiting Washington hired and old darby
to drive him around to the sights The dary grew
thusiastc He waved his at the Botanical Gardens
the museums the parks and monuments and said to my
friend Jest think. It's all free 1t don't nobody
nothin. The Comment pays for it,.
Taxes hidden in everything buy The landlord
part of his taxes the bill for rent the baker
wraps them up with the bread he sells u.s. The insurance
company includes them in its premiums. Bills from the
butcher and mkman include surely if the post
man brought notice from the tax office.
Business interested in reducing taxes not alone self
ishy because business after ALL simply collects taxes from
the of things Business money wasted VIII
ich might be used by individuals get those things which
would give greater happiness and observation-disclosures fur
nishngs trip to Europe, carpet sweeper,
set of books Business clearly that it is the
of things who pays and because that does
know that he pays that he is apt to advocate and urge
expenditure which he would favor he knew that
to be paid out of his pocket.
When the individual understands clearly that he pays
the BILL he will consider carefully increased govern
ment appropriations and services If each who signs
petition writes letter to congressman state legs
ator urging public expenditure required by law tt
enclose his check for his part of the expense there wouC
be sharper scrutiny of such proposed actvtes.-Mer
Thorpe Editor Nations Business.