The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
The Sales Tax

The members of National Association of Manutactur
ers through president of their organization have again
manifested great unseshness in their willingness TO not
deprive great of people of the privilege OF sac
for COSTS and have all out Tor gen
eral sales tax
While there quite volume of fairly well organized op-
noston to the part of labor organza
and farm organizations the proposals OF the NAM
not to be considered carrying weight and the people
country had better begin right now to reeve the
of of idea that they should even con
legislation of that KIND Inc people snouo uo INC
as they did with the congressional pensons let their repre-
senatves know dplease sales tax proposals
Lending support sort OF lett-handed way TO safes 'a
proposals argument lowering the income tax eXep
tons specious arguments presented in favor OF reo
ING the exemptions cutament of civilian spending the de-
mand for consumer goods These mighty nteects express
son from heard the radio and read IS th con-
roIed press fail to provide plan for the single with an
income of $3.50 year the married couple with Slooo
wear to- maintain standard of living compatible with hean
and decency" less than that =,
Apparently everyone, except these proagonlsts IN te
wealthy not ignorant enough not to know
that exemptions provided provide at the oes ony
living, and sometimes, depending on local
v not even that Reducing exemption of the minimum income
people means reduction food clothing and she
ter for And if these chaps propagandzng want great
section of the public hungry suffer from made
quate shelter clothing order to safeguard the swollen
Golfers of their masters isn't time that the American people
exercise their rights and and call halt
survey by United States Treasury department proves
that married couple with income OF $150O year. now
pays $15O5O direct and indirect federal state ana local
taxes married couple with an income OF S!oooo yea
will of pay much but will nevertheless have lett
after paying than four times as much as the couple WIFI
the $1,000 income.
which the graduated taxes
look we'll WE'LL but when the percentages are com
puted and the amounts remaining to the taxpayers
who paid the srtaxes with the PERCENTAGES
rising eepy the in income invariably get
answers that somehow fail to show relation to equality
which supposed be of the fundamental concepts OF
democracy ooo e,oo d
this leaves taxpayer $3.50 The surax an income OF
81 600 is 5000 plus of $4,000 This SOUNDS
and looks pretty formidable but when figure it out the
taxpayer enough have income of that amount
still has So $50 in his jeans he has paid his surtax just
he
on his the fellow who made $4,000 the question
that bohers 80,
But since we are dealing figures, perhaps should be
interested in finding the poor gouged million dollar
aar income chap fares in comparison the $4,000
wear man. whom belong of to the pes peo
pie" who being bed and gouged
The boy the million dollar income certainty
chin His surtaX amounts to S5OS loU ana
74% of $750000 But when he has dug down
with yeps pain and paid Uncle Sam off, he still has 1922
220 of the income for the year secured by ms nara ~
labor than 81 times much as the Sloooo year
man for his sweat and toll - -,
We poor can't conceive of what it would be ike
to have an income $4,000 but all pretty sure
that we could live quite comfortably on it. That's what we
pay our representatives in congress- the fellows VINO ee
figure these wonderful percentages We contend ha'
these socaed representatives had only modcum OF the IN
tegence sincerity of with which they are popu
arv supposed to they would do something
equazng final results of the income tax evies But tn
amer TO be more with leaving those who have
more than those who have little than about anything else
Then too perhaps they occupied with the Larger
tons that they haven't time to apply such knowledge OF SIM
pie arithmetic they may nave TO the income Tax
Who are we to who only their salaries
There is certainly argument against the sales tax as
revenue producer 1t might produce money than TAX
ing 100 per all incomes given amount say
$4,000 argument against the sales tax t
no one can dsprove the perfect sample of an UNFAIR
ineoutabe tax that unjusty bleeds the poor
fax on the milk bread of chdren tax the strehg
and health of the majority people of nation on the
health and strength the generation which hope Will
this existence democracy-a country OF Tree anu
strong people , -. - +oo+
Should we pay the of losing this in order to protect
the excessive the wealthy incomes or less use
less even to them useful only for the satisfaction OF the
selfish greed. -x 1r,,,,o>, 1> o11p
YOU AND / HOLD THE FINAL DECISION IN OUR
HANDS,
Cost Plus"
Evidently have failed to remember the scahdais u
waste and extravaganza expenditure of public funds con-
nected plus contracts in the first World war;
MANY producing materials now reported 10
he working such with the federal govern