The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-02
Where To Get Money

are all ready admit, course that the only proper
the paid by the other fellow, but with national
debt mounting by billions, would that statesmen
should be realistic enough realize that the National
en which now nearly one third of it's
from those least able to had better be exploiting the
sbe existing elsewhere Adding excise
on necessities of life isn't going TO solve anv problems nor
mild taxation of the surplus undivided profits the great
corporations and taxation of boad incomes going to raise the
necessary
about so billion dollars from their reports for 1885,
profits probably having mounted considerably since
them probably still is greater than the total national debt
which the interest this year amounted to one billion one hun
dred million dollars And bear in mind that about three
ffths of this interest amount is paid by those struggling each
day live.
About 10000 people one-third of this SO billion
dollars of surplus and undivided profits and addition get
onehrd of all dividends paid which in 1886 amounted to
total of and onehaf billion dollars according to report
ing corporations.
Illustrating little touched people with large in
be noted that in 1888 10000 people reported
of $4,000 and paid 1928 100000 in income
total income of So 100000 This left each of
10000 people average clear income of $13433
Manfesty all possible deductions had been made by them
their federal income tax returns
Highly organized and logged resistance of the great
poraons and privileged people, is being constantly put forth
against the for anv possible increases in taxation
accumuatons of socalled wealth. That they
thereby increasing the less latent threats to their
cumuatons does not to dawn them at all They
willing taxes increase protection of their
holdings in other words buy insurance for their properties
They all additional burdens sadded the backs of the
already overloaded mass of the people.
This of the wealthy almost ncomprehensibe
Under the economic system prevailing here long they
ton they are merely oanng part of their funds which must
otherwise idle And these will inevitably them
multiplied True they be in the form of debt tokens of
when they return but they will be negotiable the
all their other evidences of wealth In the final
counting they will be transformed They become asset items
in the mountain of debt, called wealth.
But they all afflicted with the getnow bug Appar
emily they unable to plan ahead to look ahead
safeguard themselves and their accumuaton They have
tremendous stake this country but when the
planning deenses for their stake they consider
construction of them merely another possible of max
ing additional profits.
On the income tax basis is used in Great Britain,
added of about three billion dollars would to
Uncle Sam if used here Surely these people who generally
appear think that Great Britain the model of perfection
will not object if statesmen pattern after
Great Britain in remodeng structure That wouldn't
be "cricket.'
Anyhow it may dawn the ponderous ntellecs of
statesmen and commercial leaders that with all of tech
biological development have neglected developing