Milford chronicle., 1935-11-15
A BOX OF PIN-HEAD TAX
BIZ NINA wILcox PuTNAM
vrssldent's appropriations.


~ IGHT now the government
- seems to be taxing every
thing, including our pa
tlence.
There once was a day when, If
you heard the word "tax." you
thought of a small box full of little
;deni-tasse nails which bit you when
you tried to pull one out to mend
the window shade.
Now when anyone asks II you
have some tacks in the house, you
rush for the desk drawer and pull
out a handful OF final notices.
OF course, these only represent
the sort of taxes which come to Wis
II you in the home, and range in
size from the big, burly Federal In
come Tax Return cOtInterpaln, down
TO lfhe little itsy-bitsy twn-dollar
p0H-fax. just why I should ever
receive the latter, have never I'M
defstO@l. POll.tAx indeed, when
I've never even priced 4 parrot,
much less Kept one.
pay my dog tax, though. They
can 1t license. Of course, but it's
a tax on my pOcketbOok no matter
what they call II. / suppose the tax
on shoes is the real dog tax
OH well. that one is at least my
own. poor thing
The first fast one the government
put over on us in a big way, was
that Intelligence test, the income
tax, and what a crossword puzzle
that turned ont to I've At first II
wasn't so popular, hut now the If
teenth Of March has becOme the
fixed date for the annual Nun
chausen contest. and eyeryb0,ly
goes at 1t in n spirit Of cHtcli-as
catch-can aud rather like it. They
say ITS fun to he fooled" hut it's
even more fun trying tn funl the
Collector Of Eternal Revenue.
The states. many OF them being a
lot OF old cOpy-cats, got out sec
Ond edition Of the above mentioned.
The State Income Tax may be- II
state affair hur II is also that In the
plural-.a state of affairs :--and IT
you don't believe me, just wait I'M
III yOU have TO pay yours this year
The whole country Is now Ike
midtown New York at midday:
taxis, taxls everywhere and ynu
you can't make q move In any dl-
rectIOn without running into 'em.
1f course the gas tax Is q g0nd
thing In q way because It keeps a
lot of people in their homes. Iiul
it's a shame 1t don't apply 0n the
floor OF the house of represents
tives.
While as for this sales tax they
have got In a few states such as
California and New York. well lt's
funny how people are. When the
government allowed that 2% per
cent beer was legal. ili folks
kicked because It WASN'T strong
enough. But a 2 per cent sales tax
is SO strong they claIm Il knocks
'em for a headache. Oh well. u
takes all kinds of people 10 make
a world and then what have you
got?
The beauty who Is getting all the
attention just now is the Inherit
ance tax. Around where live, they
call Il the New Inheritance Tax.
Well, / must say that years ago. all
I inherited from my Uncle Rlll WIS
a lot Of taxes. so Il they think ln
heriiance taxes are something new.
they are gOofyi ! admit there was
4 farm attached-qulte heavily at
tached--tO the taxes Uncle left me.
but 1t was so well showed under
that by the time dug on the last
line / had to slap It hack again to
keen the roof from caylng IN from
age. II the inheritance tax goes far
enough. we won't even be sure OF
our own tombsiones.
An well. taxes never come single
in spite or oil Henry George said
The only people they really helr
are the newspaper carinonists. With
the rest " Me population they have