Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-05-17
Tax Shaving

~ Virginia, says, and knows, that
there can be cut from the Pres
ident'S budget. that calls for taxes
of better than II billions Of dol
lars in order to pay as we go for
our war preparations. or these
more than II billions, Senator
Byrd proposes to cut more than
nine billion. without hampering the
defense preparations to the ex-
tent of single dollar. He would
take out Of that budget only those
items that call for expenditures
on strictly home projects, either
those proposed to start, such as
the st. Lawrence waterway, or
those for continuing work on prof.
ectS started in previous years, or
those new or continuing projects,
in this country or abroad. that
have no possible connection with
our American defense.
In the United States there are
approximately 30 million fami-
lies. That immediately unneces-
sary nine billion of taxes.
means a burden Of some $500
as an average for each Of
those 80 million families. That
Is sizable item in the budg-
ct Of the average American
family. In adding such an
amount to the family expendi-
lures, adjustments must be
made to provide for the I'M
needed tax item. A family Of
my acquaintance had q family
discussion as to what expense
they could cut out in order to
provide for that additional new
tax item.
There are few American families
that would not willingly sacrifice
family or personal interests in
order to assist to the utmost in the
effort to protect this, their, country
against Stain and his Red army.
They fully appreciate living in this
land of freedom, liberty and op-
portunity, but they object to max
ing sacrifices so as to pay I'M
needed taxes in these inopportune
times; they object to financing more
IVA enterprises, building more
dams to produce more power or
more light, when private enter
prise will provide all we can use;
starting new projects such as the
st. Lawrence waterway, or contin-
uing work upon those that were
started in past years.
Those things we can get along
without until more opportune
time. That family could not see
why they should be called upon to
discontinue little Margaret's music
lessons, at time when she was
making such magical progress, or
why they must stop movies for
Margaret and the two boys, or
deprive them of ice cream cones
or candies, and cut out their week.
ly allowance. These expenses, plus
the new clothes and new shoes for
the children, new dress for
Mother and Dads annual new suit.
must all be sacrificed in order to
pay the tax collector, SO the gov
eminent could do things now it
could just as well do at some other
time.
OF course the Dad and Mother OF
this family realize that the $500
they must pay will not all be col
lected from them directly. A por-
ton will be paid indirectly, but
directly or indirectly it must be
paid in full. The increased wages
and the increased taxes the manu-
facturer and professors pay will
be added to the price Of their COM
modities, and members of the fam
lilies pay in the price Of what they
buy. The problem in the case of
the 80 million families is that they
have no one to whom they can
pass this extra $500 they must pay.
Whether 1t is paid directly or in
directly, it must come out of the
family budget, and each one of
those 80 million must make drastic
sacrifices to pay their $500 that the
government may spend nine bill
lion on things we could get along
without at this inopportune time.
They consider the forcing of such
sacrifices unfair. and they vow
dire retribution when election time
comes. Senator Byrd's effort to
save that nine billion would seem
to be better politics than that Of
the President in demanding the
sacrifices the paying of that $500
would entail on each Of the 80
million families.
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That the American people are
awakening to the danger of social
ization of their country Is evil
denced by the truck loads of let
tiers being received each day by
members OF the congress, protest
ing against the nefarious methods
being used to achieve that result.
1t is the one encouraging sign that
we may be able to avoid the fate
that befell England and yet pre-
serve our American free enterprise
system. The Fair Deal is not
wanted.
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l overheard two members Of the
local American Legion post dis
amazing ,unue. and rnnnnc Of hnn-