The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-01
Soak the Poor" Tax Program

When the Montana Taxpayers Association tool of the in
dusra and financial interests of the state in guarding against
taxation which might affect Them out with recommen
that the should be repealed the
posa be accepted having substance than the
proverbal sraw in the wind 1t is almost foregone con-
cluson groundwork has already been done, bills
pard and strong it not majority support the two houses OF
the assembly assured.
1t would surprising indeed will odd to one
who has observed the caous Indifference of the great
lie we do not see bills introduced to repeal some OF the mild
being collected such the metal mines tax
the electric and and telephone taxes The argu
will probably be advanced that the state with its present
large balance does need the and the prota
the corporations in the house and the senate who will
be selected to carry the ball. Will probably plead with throats
choked with crocodile tears that the corporations going to
pay such heavy national taxes that continuation of
the state evies will spell disaster to them.
that time if it does, hope that there will
be members in both houses who will challenge these
sooges to present of the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company for the past three in evidence
of the reasonabeness of his pleas. And the demand
should be made in with proposals repeal license
being collected from of the large industrial
commercial groups in the state This simple procedure will
leave them without tangible footing.
About decade suit was brought by organiza-
ton in collect from the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company the state about half million dollars in taxes
which charged they had evaded paying under the
visions Metals Mine Tax with the approval of the Board
of Equalization then constituted The brought
directly the Montana court and the authority OF the
Board of Equalization challenged IN It's action permitting
freight derental deductions by the ACM company which it
conended not allowable in the act The majority
the court then affed held for the board generally and
for company, except for relatively small amount which
the should The Governor Ford
the court and Justice Angman dSSened from the
majority and held that the majority substantially
had interpreted the law containing provisions which did not
in the act And to the today read
ing the wording of the any Interpretation such made
the majority of the court the time arrive at no other
opinion than support of the companys Defense
prejudice of the members and the State Board of
Equalization holding and not anything in the law itself
This might be interesting for the few liberals coming
to the assembly to look up and study
The people of the state must awaken to the dan
facing them Every knows including the large IN
teres there is only fair basis of taxation the ability
to pay Inherent this basis of the benefits de-
rived from society," by the corporations profit
from the exploitation of the states and
and privileges enjoyed under the protection of its laws
people be constantly guard against the greed
and dominating these great corporate bodies may
constantly borne mind that they not concerned with
the pubcs interests They primarily concerned with
making profits Thus if they keep their contributions in
the form demanded by the people in return for the
profits they the they consider themselves for
tnate We they realize better than Others their
vunerabiy the little justification they show in
sonabe way why their taxes low they 1t is for
of binding the people and keeping them from
realistic understanding of actual conditions that they support
organizations such the Montana Taxpayers
Association control most of the daily of the
state and buy good will of most of the weekly with
advertising
The unacceptable alternative which the people of the state
had better do and demand the defeat OF
the state and the license
is the passage of sales increase
in property Do you want either of these? you
don't watch the legislature and prepare for fight