The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-04-22
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By DON ROBINSON
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From now on 1t WILL be open
season for taking pot-shots at the
members of the house of repre-
sentativeS.
Having proved, through their
antics over. the new tax bill, that
they are incapable of performing
their function of representing the
people of this country, it becomes
the duty of all democracy loving
people to roll out the heavy artil-
lery and do something about it.
All this talk we hear from con-
gress about putting the war first,
or putting the interest of the peo-
pie first can now be put down as
pure bunkum. The house, at least,
has demonstrated that its interest
is politics, only politics, and al
ways politics. One just has to
look at the party lineup on the
voting to see that. Our last hope
is that these representatives may
soon agree that it would be good
politics." to win the war.
Of course, there are few ex-
ceptional congressman who do
have the interest of the nation
and the people at heart. But, as
members of the group which are
fumbling the financing of the war
in a fashion which would make
any kindergarten treasurer blush,
they must unfortunately share the
blame.
PAY AS-YOU-GO $3.50
Whether the reader of this col
umn is a devotee of the Ruml
plan, the Carlson plan, the Rob-
ertson plan, or the present tax
plan, think practically everyone
will agree to the following con-
tentions:
l. When an overwhelming ma
jority of the people have made it
clear that it wants some kind of
a pay-as-you-go tax plan, we
should have a pay-as-you-go tax
plan.
2. When the house ways and
means committee, after spending
months in sessions with tax ex-
perts, finally comes out with
plan which looks like a recipe for
tossed salad and which even
many of the committee members
agree doesn't make sense, the
house is showing a high degree
of disinterest in the nations well
fare by asking that same commit
tee to write another bill.
3. When the treasury depart
ment gives it's blessing to the
committee bill, even though it is
obvious to anybody that it is i'm
practical, nonunderstandable and
contrary to the desires of the peo-
pie, the department has aroused
serious fears as to its competence
for handling wartime financing.
4. When the people know that
they are going to have to pay out
large portion of their income in
taxes, it is imperative that the
amount and the methods of taxa
ton be decided upon at once.
PUBLIC ignored
Taxation may not be the most
serious problem facing congress
these days, but it is one that all
of us understand from the very
bottom of our pocketbooks. We
are willing to pay what we must
1. to support this War-but we have
made it very clear how we want
to make those payments.
A nationwide poll by DR.. Gal
lup showed that IS per cent of
us like the Ruml method where
by payments would be deducted
from our wages and would be on
a pay-as-you-go basis. Every con-
gresham must know from his
own mail and from the editorials
in the newspapers in his BALI
wick, that the great majority of
his constituents favor this plan.
Therefore, when the house ig-
nores public opinion in voting
down even a modification of this
plan, and when the chairman of
the ways and means committee,
piqued over the defeat of his
committees half-baked proposals,
says that he may drop the idea
of pay-as-you-go altogether, it
seems to me that house member
Martin Dies should be called upon
to concentrate his Investigations
of un-American activities right in
the house itself.
When we are fighting war to
protect our right to have gov
eminent 'of the people, by the
people and for the people" it is
of vital Importance to win that
fight at home as well as abroad.
Certainly the action of the house,