Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-07-28
BY ROBERT TALLEY
Copyright 1892, NEA Service, Inc.)

By ROBERT TALLEY
Copyright 1892, NEA Service, Inc)
Every day and In almost every way,
whether you realize 1t or not, you are
paying taxes to Uncle Sam to help
him raise the $l,lls,5Oo,O00 in adj
ditional revenue which the recently
enacted revenue act Of 1882 Is designed
to produce for balancing the federal
budget.
This total represents, on the aver
age, about $40 year in increased
taxes for every man. woman and child
in the United States---or $50 family.
These taxes have been in effect for
several weeks, but it is probable even
now that many persons do not realize
the multitude of ways in which they
claim toll from American pocketbooks
every day. The reason for this is
that many Of the new levies are
manufacturers sales taxes" in which
the tax must be paid originally by the
manufacturer and is therefore con-
cealed In an increased sale price for
the article.
A clear way to show the multiplicity
of these new federal taxes but by no
means all of them is to take an ever
age day in the life Of an average man.
You will see that he may be called
on to pay taxes to Uncle Sam IS times
a day:
HE arises and takes his morning
bath-with toilet soap, on which there
is tax of per cent.
Pile brushes his teeth with a
dentifrice-on which there is tax of s
per cent.
3-He shaves and powders his face
IS per cent tax on the shaving cream,
] 10 per cent tax on the talcum powder.
I HE has coffee and toast with his
breakfasts per cent tax on the cleo
tricity consumed by the electric toast
er and electric percolator.
She glances at his watch to see
If he is late for work-10 per cent tax
on the watch, If it cost more than So.
Gle drives to work in his auto
8 per cent sales tax on his auto If 1t
is new one, cent per gallon tax on
his gasoline, cent quart tax on
his lubricating oil, approximately II
per cent tax on his new tires and Is
per cent on his new tires.
| IA spark plug fails on his way
down and he stops at q garage for O
new ONE per cent tax on auto
accessories and parts.
8-Arriving at his office, he sends q
telegram-5 per cent tax on kilograms
| 9-He makes long distance tele-
phone Gallo cents tax on messages
costing between SOC and 81; is cents
on tolls between 81 and So; 20 cents
on tolls Of 50 or more.
l0-He lights a cigar--tax of cents
per 1000 on matches of wood, IL cent
per 1000 on the paper kind.
! lille writes a Check cents tax
on each bank check
i 12-He mails the checks cent
letter or postal tax" of l cent.
l3-He goes to his bank and opens
his safety deposit box to remove a
bond which he wants to sell--lO pei
cent tax on rental of safety deposit
boxes.
14-He goes to the office of broker
who pays per cent tax on hi.
leased wire.
II 15-He sells the bond--4 cents pei
500 on bond and stock transfers.
16-With his lunch, he has q fruit
sundae-6 cents per gallon tax or
soda fountain sirups.
17-In the afternoon he plays gol
10 per cent tax on golf balls, COL
clubs and other sporting goods, plu.
10 per cent on dues as member of gol
club If dues exceed s25 a year.
ls-At the clubhouse he buys ba,
of candy or pack of chewing gum.
2 per cent tax on candy and chewing
gum.
lo-A friend takes a picture of hin
In golf togs-lo per cent tax OF
cameras.
2O-Iie returns home for cold din
ner from his mechanical refrigcrato
IS per cent sales tax on the me
chanlcal refrigerator, per cent ta
\ on the electricity II consumes.
j 2l-With his meal, he has a bottl