The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
Tax Plans

Quite openly now the powerful reactionary groups in
the United States congress talking about the probable
essy enacng federal sales in order to meet the fiscal
demands of the vast In addition to THIS en-
actment of pay CO. policy of collections OF income
taxes probably of the certain in prospect
While these reactionare planning these tax
we must give them credit shorghted they of not be-
ing they do not realize that they skating
thin that they must know that their program OF bleeding
the great mass of poor people the country their efforts
protect the privileged and wealthy rapidly approaching
where their demands must become ineffective NO
matter how ruthless they be in planning to exact greater
tolls from the they must be aware that they Will
shortly into the unacceptable factor that they are endeaVor
ing to get something nonexstent that the
lar they trying get blood out of turnp Eventually
they realize that they only get tax money or any oher
kind, from those who have It, ,
Now, employers deductng five cent from the
Of $12 week of their employees This for
the "Vctory tax" The amounts paid by the employee is
deducted by the income and victory tax returns filed
the time required If additional income evies are made
with further reductions and in addition sales taxes levied
the simple problem Of living going to become more and more
perplexng poor AS matter of fact is going to
problem to countless thousands that they are not
going to be able to solve.
The married man with wife only dependent with
of 1925 month"; even In this day OF reported great
incomes for working people, actually generally considered
among Yet he must be especially fortunate in
having housing and must be possessed of exceptional
abilities of If he and his vile can get anythg
but bare and restricted living Of that income in the face
advancing prices of all commodities Nevertheless some
where he will have dig about $50 to tax on his
income.
in the income tax schedules AS the income grows the
amounts levied leaves larger larger to the tax
payer schedule of taxes payable issued by the
United Treasury the and wife with income OF
81 500 will pay $48 This would then leave them S1452 with
which the expenses of living for If their neigh
Dor oman and wife, paying no more for house rent or food
than they pay his income of 500 more for -
year. $780, this fortunate neighbor ec though he has
pay $685. will still have left 81 Thus in an ascending
SCALE the paying, compared
with the wife with $15OO income The top income
listed which $25 000 requires weekly savings of SLY to
meet the payment of $9220 but couple with that income
will still $5780 left than 10 times the amount
the couple with the $1,000 income has To the vast ma
ortv of people little sacrifice conceivable the part
of the coupe which has $4,000 to meet living
penses
We believe that this constant drive the part of indus
try and capital the greater part of the burden
the shoulders people constitutes real threat to unity
in the war effort be except by united
people by industry and capital of sacrifice must
be made an actuay Chseng by them be surely cassed
as subversive activity.