The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-07-19
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
by Hazel Brannon snaifh

The WINSTON county journal
last week carried some comment
on the speech made at Louisville
by Mrs Mary d. Cain, candidate
for governor.
The Journal said: "She hewed
to the line of true Democracy and
let the chips fall where they may.
She looked her audience ,squarely
in the eye and told them in no
uncertain words where and what
she stood for. She pulled no pun
ches when it came to social Sc
curly, unemployment tax. in
come tax, beverage taxes, old age
pension and the welfare depart
merlt. She is against all Of them
as well as Federal aid and grants.
1.-TWO other candidates for gov
ernor have spoken here" the
Journal continued, 'tbut Mrs. Cain
carried away the roses We
have heard more favorable com
ment ON her speech than both the
Others. How many votes she
made, we do not know but if peo-
pie vote like they talk she won't
be the last on the ticket lin Win
ston county"
Last week MRS. Cain was M
Holmes county, too, and sire
picked up votes everywhere she
went. She's rot pickirg up votes
berause she'spretty and smart and
has a sparkling personality.
either. IT'S because she is pressch-
ing the OLD fashioned gospel OF
self-reliance and a return to the
principles upon whsch this roun-
try was founded. She is asking
people to turn thar backs upon
most Federal aid (which Tneans
more Federal control as everyone
knows ard eek FOR every state
to once agoin run its w affairs
as was intended by our crnstitu-
ton.
OF course there are e To- OF
people in Mississippi ard else-f
where who say this can't be doneg
that we can'tget alorg without
Federal aid as CIr socifsT is now
set UP.
These people DO not know whz1
they arr talking about.
We crould g6I along without
Federal aid if the money we pHy
into the Federal treasury stayen
at horn in thefirst plSEs-
Theaamount df money the stste
of Mississippi gets from Federal
aid is a mere K~attance compared
to the amount of taxes we pay i'm
to the 1Eeder&l- tseasury-
Mississippi nays in Federal
taxes tine sum III $88,3sG,6 55 and
gets ba6x in Federal grants not
quite a third o6f that .ssnm, only
.$29, 844goeD.
In addition NMassissippGnns payf
state taxes of $su ,359,00 /
Tax collecting MAS indeed bel
come big business - the largest
business IN the United States. II
The FEDERAL ttax load has be-h
come so heavy TINT a man now
earning $4,000 weekly wcrks Sc
rel weeks 10 pay his Federal in
come taxes This doesn't even |
take into consideration the am
cunt of taxes he must pay in state
income taxes. Federal excise tax
es, social security taxes, amuse-
ment taxes, sales taxes, and all
the other taxes, hidden and Other
wise.
This overwhelming tax burden
must be lightened or eliminated.
II will lead to just one thing -
the breakdown of our present re-
public, or Democracy, as it is
commonly called, and its econo-
mic system of free and private
enterprise. When our present sys-
tenn fails the government will
take over and the complete social
istic state Will be ushered into
being. These are not just weS,ds,
or an idle threat, but a definite
probability if we continue on our
present course.
The minority committee If the
Ways and Means committee put it
another way: The taking of
taxes from our economic blood
stream al well be likened 10 the
taking of blood from the human
body. If you take too much and
too often the patient becomes
weak and incapable of self-sup-
port. Thus drained of his energy,
he becomes a ward of the Federal
government. This is Socialism"
This should certainly make our
citizens stop and take stock - do
a little thinking on the subject of
Federal grants and aid. Certain
ly it should make us realize that
any money we get from the Fed
eral government as a state or as
a city or as individuals is not
free" at all - it is only a token
payment coming back of tax
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