The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-17

 should not be construed as any, thing but the exposition of what psychiatrists called "a fixed idea" Big Twin and Little Twin are ob- sessed with the belief that Water, bury taxpayers are being crucifled by the administrator. Nothing will disabuse them of the obsession. : They brush aside all mathematical demonstration of the fact that since the Democratic adnninistra- ton has been in office the tax rate has been reduced. Documents made public by the State Tax De- pertinent run for Sweeney when Mayor Hayes makes use of them. Then the State Tax Department is the victim of a fast one put over by Democratic Town Chairman John Crary. The figures do not mean anything. Two and two do not make four but three and a half or five. But when The Twins wish to do a littIes figuring with their own slate pencils the infal- libility of the State Tax Depart ment is beyond question. Mayor Hayes summed the tax situation up when he advised Waterbury taxpayers to look at their tax bills { now and the year when he as- stunned office. Any and every effort The Twins may make to divert the taxpayers attention from the plain fact, that taxes have been reduced, is just so much working on a dead horse. for one have no intention of participating in any such profitless labor. Slight Temperature
 However, as said above, The Terrible Twins are behaving very well-for them. The neighbors are delighted with the change and I am happy to present them with g. lollypop apiece for their improve ment. I trust 1t will continue irl- definitely. However, the Little Twin, the morning one, showed signs of running slight tempera- ture yesterday:
 'Other large communities, 1t
 is seriously argued other
 large communities wish they had ,
 our highest tax rates 'sO that
 they wouldn't be receiving so
 many complaints from tax pay
 CTS about lack of service, scarcity
 of improvements, etc."
 Mayor Hayes has called for 2
 campaign kept on the high level
 of exclusive attention to the is-
 sues. He didn't say anything
 about intellectual level"
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 I do not know who seriously argued" the proposition. am sure the argument is not c0ntaned in Mayor Hayes acceptance speech although implicaton to that effect is made in the Little Twins edi-, torial, inadvertently of course. But r no matter who seriously argued" the point, 1t is susceptible of argu- nent, serious and irrefutable ar- gument. There are communities in the state which have Q tax rate considered ideal by the anti-ad- ministration forces. But what do the tax payers get for the taxes they pay? Little or nothing III comparison with what the voters of Waterbury are furnished. No one wants to pay taxes, high or low. But they are necessary evil. We cannot have good community service unless we pay for it and the only way I know to get the money to make the payment is by taxation. No one has yet lived who has been able to eat his cake and have 1t. We csnnot have our pie and our penny too. Mayor Hayes administration has given Water- bury excellent service, there has been no let-down in that service during the years of the depres- sion, and, as he very logically and ttuthfully pointed out in his ac- ceptance speech, the tax rate was being reduced at the same time the service was being rendered lndiminished. There Is. no blink ing the fact. It would be lovely if His Honor's. "call for a campaign kept on the high level of exclusive attention to the issues.H doubt that 1t will be so kept by the anti administration zealots. But 1t would be lovelier still If the carn- e paign were kept on a high "intel- ,.---.----