The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-07-28
YOU PAY 25%
Of YOUR WAGES
TO GOVERNMENT

The Cha mber Of Commerce Of Mich
igan, inaugurating campaign ID make
people tax-consciOus, has issued pa;l-
phlet reading as follows:
| DO you know that your government
is taking - per cent out Of your pay
envelope every pay day: You may
doubt this statement, but il Is fact.
If We had only one tax-cOllecting
agency, that is if all taxes, hidden and
visible, were paid into one department,
and if the tax collector were posted
at the pay window on pay day, you
would find that he would take his
- per cent Of whatever your pay ell
yelOpe cOntaine
About One-haf Of what government
| takes from you is III SU721llled hidden
taxes, taxes that yOn pay in addition
To city and county taxes. school taxes,
| s..leS tax, weight tax. gas tax, and
| other visible taxes you know about.
| These various visible taxes together
with the hidden taxes 60 to make up
the - pei cent you are contributing
to the political TAX eaters of our state
and nation.
The man that works for wages is
hit with the same club The farmer
pays every time he sells a load Of his
produce. The merchant, doctor, lawyer
everyone one-quarter of
his or her income to government.
Politicians, just before election, talk
about taking money from the rich and
giving it to the rest of us. but the poll
tician has not been fair with Us. He
does not say anything about the hidden
taxes that he has added to our other
tax burdens. He keeps mighty quiet
about those taxes, but you pay them
Just the same.
When your wife or mother buys a
cheap cotton dress, for which she pays
$7ySj, about $5.65 is for the dless and
government gets $40 in hidden taxes.
How come this 500 tax
Well, the planter that raised the
cotton pays taxes. the gin mill. the
bleacher, the finisher. the dyer, the
mill that made the cloth, the factory
that made the dress, the wholesaler,
and finally the retailer all paid var
ious taxes OH this little dress, and all
these variCus operators must pass the
cc>t along 10 the consumer if they
stay in business And i'll the hong run
Mr.. and Mys America have TO con
tribute To the political SpcndeIs.
| Just about everything We buy at re-
tail carries this hidden tax that does
| the little dress we are talking about.
\ loaf of bread. pair Of shoes. pair of
Overalls, suit of clothes. telephone bills.
| light bills-all ale loaded with various
| hidden taxes.
This hidden tax scheme Is supposed
10 be sort of painless method of ex-
tracing money from the people in or
der that the politicians may have more
and more money TO squander where il
will gather the most votes.
The thing of ii is they have carried
| the idea too far. 1t is no longer pain
| less. 1t has got To Il point where ii
hurts. We have become tired of it. We
would like to have little left for
few of the comforts of life after gov
| ernment has taken its cut, but we
won't as long as a EEln or woman
working for SIS per week and owning
no property pays SIG "a year i'll hid
| den taxes, or Il cents of every dollar
he or she earns. And, if one Is lucky
enough 10 earn $50 per month, he
rayS 5000 "a year i'll taxes that do
not show OH the sales slip.
Our lawmakers are always looking
for new ways To tax the people instead
Of cutting expenses in order TO bal
ance the budget No, the average poll
tician just can't say no TO the many
pressure groups that camp in the leg
islatiye halls II every session, demand
| ing increased handouts each year and
90
from, just so they get it TO spend. 1t Is
this selfiShnesS on the part of these
groups and the un-American desire Oh
the part Of our politicians 10 stay i'll
office that has got the state and ma
ton into the present financial mess.
Pressure grOups that operate with
10 regards for taxpayers interests and
beg like pauperS from our elected re-
representatives. are a downright menace
10 the welfare Of America.
There is only one remedy that will
ever cure this unhealthy condition., and
that is 10 make them stop spending
for the things we can get along with
OUT
We elect our representatives and
send them TO Lansing or Washington
to make our laws. Some of them are
very conscientious and try for ecOnO-
my while others forget that they are
supposed to be working for all the
people back home. They forget that
they are our hired men" which was
the original idea OF the American form
of government.
You pay your share Of taxes which
so in part TO pay the salaries of our
representatives. This being true. our
hired men" should consider the well
fare Of ha-majority, rather than allow
various minority groups to so dictate
laws and appropriations of money
(our tax dOllars) TO an extent that has
more than doubled the cost Of run
ming our state government in the last
eight years. In ten years the cost OF
our state government has increased 100
million dollars a year.
In 1890 the state OF Michigan spent
lis million dollars. but in 1888 state
Expenditures reached an aH-time high
Of 223 million.
The Chamber Of Commerce of Mich
igan is not political organiza ton and
Is only conducting this economy cam
Ipaign on behalf Of the taxpayers of
the state to bring abOut better condi-
lions in our state government.