The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-03

dollar will amount 10, worked out
automatically and added together
for deduction from the millions OF
different incomes that they'll be
assessed against.
And. in all candor. 1t does re.
ouire an expert to handle these
calculations understandingly.
It's simple enough. OF course, to
figure out 6-lO0ths. for example, OF
81. multiply it by whatever num-
Der Of dollars is customary in
given pay envelope and then sub
tract the lesser sum from the
greater, thus informing the enve-
lope's recipient what's due to be
left for him after satisfying the
tax collector.
There are so many different
kinds OF taxes. however. on so
many different things and percent
agesNof leues vary so widely. de-
pending on incomes differing sizes
and sources. that the gross prob
lem is sufficient TO puzzle anyone
but a financial wizard. Uncle Sam
expects to have a huge staff OF
specialists to deal with assess
ments after Jan. l, when the sit
uation will start to develop itself
in earnest. Otherwise complica-
tons must quickly become LITERAL
ly hopeless.
Let's Face 1t Later"
I think most folk anticipate a
terrific strain upon their resources
and maybe they're slow in facing
the prospect in concrete form,
from out-and-out unwillingness to
recognize it until they have to.
From all indications. though. II
seems likely to be worse than they
imagine. despite the obvious keen
ness Of their apprehensions.
It's % &c remembered that the
government aims TO soak 'em not
only because 1t needs their money.
though that's a vital consideration
but also because it deliberately
wants to make EN- feel poor. to
prevent 'em from initiating the
country by spending a nickel above
what they absolutely have to.
Well. so far as making EN- feel
poor's concerned. all the betting is
that Uncle Samuel will prove to
have accomplished it.
Prior TO footing their tax bills.
wage and salaried workers already
have been notified that they'll have
their. stipends shrunk by deduc-
lions by their employers. these TO
be turned in, by the latter. to the
federal treasury, as advance levies
on the tOilers' incomes. After the
war, theoretically part Of these
subtractlons are to be handed
along to the wage and salaried
classes. as delayed back payments.
I'm a tribe suspicious. though,
that the government VIII change
its mind as to these deferred pay
Uents when the time comes. II
not. the accumulation Of EN-.
dlshed out wholesale at that stage
Of the game. win initiate us then.
which will only postpone the evil
day
One Of the beauties OF it all is
thai the coming pinch isn't due 10
end when the war does.
War Won't End II
The Internal thing can't be paid
for, or anything like it. as it pro-
crosses.
The government could. indeed,
meet its bills currently. by print
ing coolies Of nat money. with
nothing back Of it. That would be
imitation Of the worst sort. how
ever Such dough wouldn't have
any genuine value. les what Ger
many resorted to following the last
conflict and turned out to be per-
fectiy ruir0us, as was TO have been
expected
The conclu-.on IS that. as an
early sequel to present conditions.
oveIyb3ays income viii have a
fearful JOLT thrown into II. shortly
after Jan. /. when new taxea Will