The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-04
Crimmins Cites Tax Cutting Success OF
Redwood County Units In Radio Speech

citizen and child should be the idea
that eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty: Political plunderers, regard
less of party, must feel the might of
an aroused citizenry if our birthright
to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness is to be preserved.
Just as long as the unorganized tax
payer allows the organized Squander-
er. with it's organized lobby, to blud-
geon congress and legislatures into
it's nation wrecking program OF easy
plunder. just so long must farmer and
labOrer, alike, expect want In the
midst of plenty.
Give our forty million people on the
farm half a chance and they will open
your factories and again insure labor
with job in your humming mills. The
farmers agricultural plant is at low
ebb. He needs machinery, lumber.
paint, clothing, replacement of build
ings fences and tools. You cannot
permanently. enslave one-third of
mankind and expect prosperity for
the remaining two-thirds.
Simplify government. We are over
governed; with one national and 48
state governments often warning with
ing the war funds for both camps,
with 300 county governments, 10000
city town and village governments,
l2S,ooO school d districts 1ooo go town; town.
assessment districts. the taxpayer is
all but consumed with the locust
horde of our 1S2.65S governments,
agencies or districts. each equipped
and collect taxes. We have become
so accustomed to being robbed, that
like sheep we will stand for anything.
@ Our organization is nnIonpanrtiga
crat or Farm Laborite. We war with
equal zest against every tax squand-
erer. no matter in what political par
ty he may be found. We, therefore.
ness man every laborer. who in the
long run is wholly dependent on the
farmer for his job. to join our ranks
en- our WAR maga aganst m what fne poca
ty he may be found: In the cemeter-
les of nations dead and gone are
buried many a national hope, buried
by Indifference and the sheer lazineSS
growing out of easy wealth.
In view OF the probability of sne-
cial legislative session, I ask you to
bear in mind that the greatest asset
our country possesses is our business
whether banker. merchant. mama
facturer. or farmer. for upon industry
depends the success of our country,
and when law makers make it possi-
office holders to spend our money
recklessly it means a higher tax.
We of the. Redwood. County Tax
payers association, and affiliated with
are opposed to reckless spending and
higher taxes. Our policy is less
spending and lower taxes. Today our
country is spending it's way to disast-
er. not prosperity. The Minnesota
Taxpayers association would like
your cooperation in following a po-
Icy which is the exact opposite of
the spending program, by adopting a
tax control and put teeth in it by
passing a cash basis law which pre-
vents the issuance of tax anticipation
warrants. Then our citizens would
know that the best policy is to pay
as you go, not to borrow recklessly
and spend lavishly. We need more.
not less, of these qualities today,
more individualism personal respon-
sibility, and less paternalism. The
time has come when we must discon-
tinue discounting the future and
frankly and fearlessly assess the cost
to the public.
Our Redwood County Taxpayers as
sociation. joining hands with the
state association. has worked stead
lily not only to reduce taxes, but also
to reduce the debts of the state of
Minnesota. The whole country would
De better off if it followed this pol
icy instead of pouring out money by
the millions. Pay as you go is the
motto of our association.