The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

countrys defense, but now that ht
 saw the figures, he realized fully
 that he was going to have tt
 tighten his belt and loosen his
 purse strings till it hurt. Three
 billion five hundred million dol
 lars was a lot of money for the
 government to be taking in in-
 creased taxes.
 It wasn't just the increased in-
 come taxes (eStimated yield to
 government, $l,520,00o,000 He
 had expected that. nnd 3usiness
 could make out too, In spite of in-
 creased corporation excess profits
 and surtaxes (estimated yield
 $9345 million.
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 IF YOU CAN
 Also, increased gift taxes and in- creased estate taxes (yield, $347.2
 million were all right. The more money you gave your kids and your relatives. the worse 1t was for them. If he could cut his family off with out a dime and make them 60 to work, starting at the bottom, 1t would teach them the value of Q dollar. He knew it. and how.
 "The dickens of 1t is," unused T. N. Taxpayer, that If a pro- gram like this goes through, I'll be paying taxes every minute Of the day. I like my Uncle Sam, all right, but even though the old gent si In a bad way, in his youth he never intended that he'd be leaning on me like this"
 T. N. T. pulled out 6 match. fUncle Sam would get $7,l mil- lion from the new match tax.) He lit cigaret ($l8e.3 million from Increased tobacco taxes). As he was going to play golf that after noon (club dues tax rise would yield $2.8 million) T. N. T. picked up his clubs (increased sporting gods tax would yield $8.5 million) and the bag he carried his golf clothes in. It was old and he need- cd @ new one. (The increased lug gage ta xwould yield $4.5 million).
 T. N. T. walked to his car and threw the stuff into the back seat in disgust. He must get new tires and tubes ond the back end (Increased tire taxes would bring $52.5 million) He stepped on the starter, and the old bus coughed badly. He needed new car (but the taxes on new cars might be doubled, yielding the govern ment $70.0 million.) He flooded the carburetor, wasting a lot of gas Gas taxes were to be in- creased cent a gallon, yielding an additional $255 million)
 It was getting late and he had wanted to be in the office early. He looked at his watch. It had stopped, (The 10 per cent tax on new watches and clocks was fig- ured to yield $l0 million) He heard the suburban train whistle up the track, and he knew he could just make 1t. (Tax on transportation more than 35 cents was to yield $37.6 million.)
 At his office, Thomas N. Tax payer put in Q busy morning. He had a lot of telephoning to do (new 5 per cent tax on telephone bills would yield $28.6 million). He signed a lot of checks. (T'he new 2-cent tax on checks would net the government $57 million). He sent out some telegrams. (Tax yield, $40.4 million). He chewed gum as he worked (how would they collect the 5 per cent tax on that?) and because he wanted to keep that golf date, for lunch he bought from the office vending machine n candy bar and bottle of pop. (TaXes on candy, soft drinks and gum would net the government $l361 million)
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 All these thoughts had unnerved him bit and 1t was no wonder he was off his gold game. He sliced badly, lost four balls on the dog leg, broke club in anguish and re- flected on that sporting goods tax as he did so, but he enjoyed getting mad. It was relief from his dour thoughts, and as he increased the blue of the air and sky (still free) he thanked heaven that no reform or had yet thought of way to tax cussin', so let Ter rip.
 His shower after the game felt good. too. Water hadn't been taxed. so T. N. T. was lavish in bis slathering of soap, an alcohol rub and bath tale Gill he remem- bered that the revised tax on toilet preparations was to yield s5 million).
 T. N. T. met Mrs. Taxpayer for supper and they went to a little cabaret they both liked. (New 4 per cent tax on the check would yield $1 million. New musical in- struments for orchestras might be taxed to yield $3.6 million).
 Mrs. Taxpayer was good wife, and the @ for the license had been a well-invested tax, so T. N. T. smiled at her happily. She was a trifie expensive on the upkeep. He was always buying her jewelry (l0 per cent tax to yield Sl9.6 mil Iion) and she wanted new furs (lO per cent tax to yield $2o.7 million.)
 Come to think of it. she want ed a lot of new things. all being considered by the government as new sources of taxation. An electric pr gas refrigerator (taxes to yield s9.8 million). A new radio phono- graph (taxes to yield $2l.1 million). i. Didn't this ever stopl
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