The Washington times., 1936-08-27
HIDDEN LEVIES
POOR, HE
DECLARES
Our Children Will Pay
For Roosevelt Waste,
Nominee Warns

For Roosevelt Waste,
Nominee Warns
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charged the Administration with
living in a FOOLS paradise"
In "FOOl's Paradise"
He said frankly:
"The truth is, we are living in
q fools paradiSe-far beyond
our income"
The Republican nominee prom
ised to overhaul the entire (F'ed
eraD tax system" if he reaches
the White House. He said the
present taxes weighed too heavily
upon people with meager incomes
those earning $25 a week or
less, He blamed this burden upon
Roosevelt waste and foolish ex,
penditures. He said:
eve must remember that
every time the Government
spends q dollar, that dollar will
have to be paid by us or we
must pass the debt on 10 be
paid by our children. No par
ents like to leave their children
q heritage of debts and mort
cages.
"But the creation of q stag
gering public debt closes the
door of opportunity to the
youth of America, just as GER
tainly as a staggering private
debt. We must face the issue
suuarely. The present Admin
istration's daily mounting def
cits are closing the door of Op-
portunity to your children and
to my children"
TAXES ARE HIDDEN
Declaring the Government
should raise the major portion OF
its revenue from direct taxes, Lam
don explained the Roosevelt ad'
ministration was now getting a
majority of it's revenue from in
direct and hidden taxes"
Hidden taxes, he said, were be-
ing levied on bread, other foods,
clothing, gasoline and cigarettes
among scores of commodities pur-
chased by the poor. He conceded
that taxes have been increased for
the rich but added:
"The larger payments by
welI-tO-dO individuals and cor
porationS have not been enough
to cover the waste and extrava-
gance of this Administration.
What is the result? Those of
our citizens with small incomes
have had to pay an increased
proportion of the cost of Fed
eral Government"
Landon chargeI that hidden
taxes were taking about 20 cents
out of every dollar we spend"
"In the case of the Federal
Government alone, they amount
to S5 a month for every family"
Denouncing the new Roosevelt
tax on undistributed corporate
earnings, he declared private in
dustry had spent $4,000, ,0O0, 900
"to cushion the depression and
keep employees working" He said
such an expenditure was possible
"only because of reserves created
during prosperous years"
The Roosevelt tax, he added,
would prevent the creation of such
reserves.
Landon said:
"This tax legislation prevents
the small business mar from ex-
panding by the usual method Of
plowing earnings back into his
organization.
JOBS JEOPARDIZED
"And it is jeOpardizing the job
of every man and woman who
today is working for business
corporation. This is the most
cockeyed piece of tax legislation
ever imposed in a modern cOun-
try and if am elected, I shall
recommend the immediate repeal
of this vicious method Of taxa
tiOn.
LET me add the revision of
this tax bill is only one of the
changes needed in our tax SyS-
tenn. Our whole tax structure,
Federal and State, needs over
hauling"
While assailing Roosevelt waste
and extravaganza, the Republican
nominee made it clear he in
tended no shut down in relief ex-
penditures.
He said:
PAY AS YOU GO
"The Republican party be-
ieves in being generous In the
spending of money for relief
and emergency purposes, but it
believes that these funds should
be spent without waste and alb
SurditieS."
In conclusion, Landon de-
Clared the Government should be
Anerated I1O0n the same financial