The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-29

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about, from the, columns OF. theNCharleSton
News and Courier:
Frank Kent says that the really rich take care
of themselves whatever government seeks 10 do
with and to them through taxation. The really
rich can spread their investments in many ma
tons and escape the penalties the United States
says it is imposing on them
The really rich draw their funds for paying
taxes from the rank and file of their compa-
triots The burden of high and heavy taxes falls
upon the poor in the last analysis. If the poor
were awake to what is happening to them, many
politicians would be in full fight.
1t is as certain as death and taxes that
it is impossible for middle class people and
those below middle class to escape the bur-
denS of taxation. The politicians adopt
sweet sounding slogans to fool the masses
such as Soak the Rich, Make Big
Business Pay, and Get the Money Where
the Money Is, but the politicians who take
this course are concerned with nothing but
their own selfish purpOSe-they are seek
ing votes, and because the rich are very
small proportion of the people and the
poor great number, they figure that more
votes can be obtained by fooling the masses
than by playing square with all the people
Wealthy people and big corporations
can and do pass along much OF the tax
burden to the masses There is no way OF
escape for the masses; the trouble IS that
by the time it gets to them the tax burden
has been concealed and they are carrying
it without knowing it. They are unable 10
figure how much of the cost of living is
added because of taxes. There is no way
10 avoid this condition, for the reason that
confiseatory taxes imposed on the rich
would soon impoverish them if large part
of the load was not passed on to the tar
greater number of middle class or poor
people. Then, when the rich could. 40
longer pay, the entire burden would be
placed on the masses. This is exactly what
straight thinking citizens foresee as re-
suit of the present radical Soak the Rich
movement, should it be successful; but, the
probability is, as Frank Kent says, that the
rich will find way out, and in the end
they will pay smaller proportion of the
taxes than could be collected from them
by government determined to do exact
justice to all classes of people instead OF
soaking any particular class.
The chief business of the kind of poll
tieians in power in the national govern
ment now is that of fooling the people.
The Soak the Rich" scheme of taxation is
one of the most valued tricks of dema-
gogues. 1t is amazing that it should be
adopted by national administration and
President of the United States, but this
evidently has been done for political effect
and as bait thrown out to catch the radi,
Gals. 1t is none the less the duty of straight
thinking, honest, patriotic citizens to OF
pose this scheme, along with all the other
Socialist tricks that are being foisted on
the country.
The only honest taxing system, the only
system that can be advocated and defend
ed by decent citizens, is one that exaet
from every man according to his ability
Where is the 'self-respscting poor man wht
wants to be relieved of his duty and re-
sponsibility as a citizen? Wherever one i
found who wants such relief he will b.
found, also, to be loafer or parasite
A man is not exempt from the duties O
citizenship because he is poor in materia
wealth. One of the glories of this Repub
lie has always been that a citizen coult
enjoy the great privileges of American
citizenship regardless of his wealth or pow
erty, but that along with the privileges o
the American citizen went the duties an,