Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
HERE'S REAL INFLATTONt

past IOuf years.
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HERE'S REAL INITIATION!
We all talk about how the prices charged
Ior various articles have doubled or trebled
over period of years. But when il comes
to imitation, one thing has all the rest licked
TO death-and that thing is taxes. Authori-
tatlVe sources says that the tax take of the
Feoeral Government alone in the next fiscal
year Will amount to $472 for every man.
woman and child in the country This is
about the size of the average per capita in
come IN 1881. 1t is 21O times as much as
was the tax take in 1900. In spite of this
incredible burden of taxation, the govern
ment, according to official estimates, will
SUN be more than $14O00,0OO,OOO short of
ineetlng Its costs, and that money must he
borrowed. Altogether, the people are ex-
pected to provide $76,OOO,O0O 600 for the
government IN the year beginning next july
l. mat Is half again as much money as the
people were asked to contribute to govern
ment at the peak of World War II. Il is
elght times as much as the government spent
IN the most lavish years of the New Deal
ana more than 13 times as much as the gov
ernment collected in those years. Just read
tnoSe fgures and facts over again and let
tnem SINK into your mind. Remember that
Che administration, not satisfied with theI
present intOlerable situation. wants still an
other tax boost. Then answer simple oues-
tiOn: How long can this nation remain
SCrOng and progressive when the govern
meht takes, spends, and wastes more and
more OF the wealth, resources and labor of
the people? 1t is time to curb government
spending with drastic economies to save orr
nation from bankruptcy.
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AGRICULTURE TAKES A STAND
ArN1O
factor IN preventing the blight of compuI-
sorry government health insurance from COW
erlng this country. Opposition to the intro
Guctlon OF government health insurance in
the United States is intensifying in agricul- |
ture The biggest of the farm organizations.
the American Farm Bureau FederatiOn
with a membership of 1,452, 900 families
recently reiterated it's hostility. The Farm
bureau s annual convention adopted a resO-
IutlOn declaring: I'VE oppose any form of
compulsory health insurance" Similarly.
the National Grange, oldest and second larg-
est OF the farm bodies, at it's convention q
short time previously voiced again its stand
against any plan of national cOmnulsorv
nealth insurance or Socialized medicine
Rural rejection of government health ireur
ance has been little recognized i'm larger cit
les, which usually hear much more of l9bor's
viewpoint. But though labor's call for com
pulSo1y health insurance has been much bpt-
ter pubicized, it remains the demand of q
minority. Meantime agriculture provides
balance against labor on this issue and q
formidable safeguard. In agriculture, which
deals daily with such eternal matters as soil
and weather, the old virtues of independence
and self-reliance are still in vogue. That is
one OF the finest projections we have against
the unlimited growth of the welfare state
Whlch is pleasant synonym for socialism.
Agrlculture'S stand on compulsory health in
surance is perfectly in accord with our Am
erican traditions.