Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-12-31

| commission TO ascertain the amount
of education we should have in our
public schools and the cost of such
| education and after arriving at a.
| satisfactory cost per student, aAlot
to each state according to it's pop
! ulation. This however; need not
bind any community or state from
| infiicting upon itself additional tax
alton for additional education If it
should SO desire. but under my plan
there would be ample funds for all
states to enjoy educational adj
vantages now enjoyed by only the
few favored states.
Good roads are also national
use and should be paid for from a
National Road Fund.- each state
receiving an equal share in proper
/ tion to it's population. Under my
plan $50 of our population will
enjoy 1001 decrease in taxation,
2fa will enjoy slight decrease, and
$50 will have an increase; this 800
of our population will be those hav-
ing wealth in excess of $1OO,OOO.oO.
THE EWING TAX PLAN
All wealth, real and personal, to
be taxed as follows: Under $4,000
I "a 10; $4,000 to 100000 at 2%;.
100000 to 100000 at $50; $780,
600 to 100000 at 40; 100000
to 100000 at SO; 100000 and
upward at so. Congress to be en-
powered to continue this scale to
any extent needed in time of war.
famine or other emergency.
METHOD OF TAXATION
Each state will discontinue tax
alton for all educational purposes,
all road building and repairs, public
buildings, penal institutions, chill
| dren's homes, homes for the aged,
institutions for the weak minded,
old age pensions The state will col
lect 10 on real estate, collected To-
cally as now in practice. In making
/ personal tax report, this will be di-
rect to the u. S. government and
must fully describe location of and
value of all real estate owned by the
individual in any or all states, this
Information for the guidance of the
| department in placing proper tax
| alton for the individual. All per-
sonal tax, income tax, inheritance
tax, gift tax and excess profit tax
will be paid to the national govern
ment.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
Education: Commissions will be
appointed from the u. S. Congress
to make a study of our educational
systems, and Congress shall decide
what the average cost of educating
the child should be and will allot to
each state an equal amount based
on population, each county in each
state will share equally in the dis
tribution of these school funds.
based on population regardless OF
the wealth of the county or COM
munity. Road building and repairs
will receive like treatment, all pub.
Tic buildings and expense of operat-
ing state institutions, all expense Of
local and state government, win
come from the funds of the ma
tional government, based on popu-
lation, with the exception that all
public officers, state and local will
be paid, and limited to the funds
collected from the Ia real estate
tax collected in that individual
state
All forms Of sales tax should be
abolished, including gasoline, to-
bacco, cigarettes or any other item
sold to the consumer. The national
government will provide fund to
meet the possible needs for an old
age pension. A national unemplOy-
ment relief reserve and fund for
the increase in soldiers and wid
ows' pensions.
Our national wealth is now esti-
mated at 400 billions of dollars Or
about $4,000 for each man, woman
and child; the head of family to
have his share of wealth should
have $4,000, but when we consid-
er that 500 of our wealth is in the
hands Of $50 of our population,
you can easily see why millions of
our fellow men are wallowing in
poverty. Under this new system of
taxation each man will have his
chance to earn his share of the ma
tion's wealth, as this tax will have
a tendency to redistribute the ma
tion's wealth. 1t is estimated that
our 10000 millionaires having for
tunes ranging from one million to
five billions, have an average of four
million each; on this basis, we have
in this class alone an aggregate of
-one hundred and sixty billion dol
lars 0,O00) subject to
the $50 tax which would yield
revenue Of nine billion, six hundred
million dollars. Adding the lower
classifications and those having
wealth of 100000 to a million.
there will be ample funds for all
purposes.
OUR WEAK SPOT IN REPRE-
SENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
Our greatest danger lies in the
fact that we the people do not
choose our leaders, we send our
delegates to the national conven-
tions with instructions from the po-
litical bosses, and nine times out of
ten the candidate nominated is not
a fit representative of the people,
but representative of the party
machine, and as result the men
nominated on both party tickets
represent monopoly, autocracy or
internationalism.
Unless you individually take
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