The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-07-19
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES

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
curity, unemployment tax, in
come tax, beverage taxes. old age
pension and the welfare depart
ment. She is against all of them
as well as Federal aid and grants,
Two other candidates for gov
ernor have spoken here" the
Journal continued, but Mrs. Cain
carried away the roses We
have heard more favorable COM
ment on her speech than both the
others. Row many votes she
made, we do not know but if peo-
PIE vote like they talk she won't
he the lsst on the ticket in VIM
ston county"
Last week Mrs. Cain was in
Holmes county, too, and she
picked up votes everywhere she
went. She's not picking up votes
because she's pretty and smart and
hts sparkling personality,
either It's because she Us preach
ang the old'fsshioned gospel Of
self-reliance and a return to the
principles upon which this coun-
try was founded. She is asking
people ~ turn their backs upon
most Feaeral aid (Which means
more Federal control as everyone
knows and eek for every state
to once ag"in run It's own affairs
as was intended by our constitu-
ton.
OF course there are 10. of
people In Mississippi and else
where who say this can't be done
that we can't get along without
Federal aid as our society is now
get up.
These people do not know what
they are talking about.
We could GET along without
Federal aid if the money we pay
into the Federal treasury stayed
at home IN the first place
The amount of money the state
of Mississippi gets from Federal
aid is a mere pittance compared
'tolthe amount of taxes we pay i'm
to the Federal treasury.
Mississippi pays in Federal
taxes the sum Of $4,000, SIS and
gets back in Federal grants not
quite a third of that sum, snly
SIS, 84A0oe.
In addition Mississippians pay
state taxes of $9l, $4,000
Tax collecting has indeed he
,vome big business - the largest
business in the United States.
The federal tax load has be-
come so heavy that a man now
earning $4,000 weekly works Sc
ven weeks to pay his Federal i'm
come taxes. This doesn't even
take into consideration the am
cunt Of taxes he must pay in state
income taxes, Federal excise txx-
es, social security taxes, amuse-
ment taxes, sales taxes, and all
the other taxes, hidden and other
wise.
This overwhelming tax burden
must be iightened or eliminated
1t will Head to just one thing -,
the breakdown of our present ne
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 aris, the complete social
istic state will be ushered into
being. These are not just words,
or an idle threat, but a definite
probability if We continue on our
present course.
The minority committee Of the
Ways and Means committee put il
another way: The taking of
takes from our economic blood
stream can well be likened to the
taking of blood from the human
body. If you take toe much and
too often the lpatiern becomes
weak and incapable Of self-sup-
port. Thus drained of his energy,
he becomes 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 frako the Fed.
eral Eovernsaent 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
monies paid by us or other citi-
zens into the Federal counting
house.
There is no such thing as "fres"
handouts of Federal money. The |
federal government is YOU mag
nified by l60 million people.
This might lead some Of our !
citizens to think we might as well I
get our share" as much as DOS |