Milford chronicle., 1961-08-11

stantially increased parcel post charges
should be a first step in dealing with the
Post Office deficit problem.
BILLIONS FOR ACCOUNTING
The following editorial is reproduced
from The American Press, an independent
magazine for home town newspapers:
ut would be interesting to know how
many billions of dollars are poured into the
Offices of accountants and lawyers for the
purpose of figuring out income taxes.
at would also be interesting to know
what percentage of the money collected by
the government is paid out for keeping tax
records and making tax Investigations.
Certainly if the money spent for these
purposes could somehow be steered into the
u. S. Treasury, it would balance the budget
for years to come.
eve don't know just how the necessary
simplifcations could be brought about to
make the paying Of taxes an easv and un-
derstandable operation, but we think it is
about time an effort in that direction was
made. Each year we hear that the Senate
and House committees on taxation are plan
ming to re-write the tax laws, and each year
nothing happens.
IF President Kennedy is looking for
wavs to stimulate business, here is field
which is crying for attention We are not
necessarily asking for tax cuts, but for un-
derstandable, simple, do it yourself tax
reports. We would all pay our taxes more
cheerfully if we didn't have that extra bur-
den of paying people to interpret the laws
and fill in the reports for u.s.
MOBILIZATION
There is currently strong school of
thought in the national capital which holds
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forces to prove to the Russians and the
world that we are indeed ready to defend
our rights in Berlin.
This = it is argued = would leave no
doubts in the minds of those who believe the
United States incapable of acting to pre-
serve the rights of its soldiers in Berlin
This debate has reached into the highest
levels of government-into the White House
itself
The Berlin crisis is a dangerous dilem-
ma to be sure but it is not dilemma which
we have not faced before. Twice we have
faced similar threats and twice we have
preserved Berln's freedom without re-
sort to partial mobilization.
And from the practical standpoint, par
tial mobilization would not enable us to
save our Berlin garrison if war breaks out
over the issue. The garrison would be
quickly decimated by the enemy for it is
only small, taken, force in the center of
a large communist2controlled area Our to-
tai force in Germany, if war should break
out, would be hard pressed to hold one-not
to mention dashing through over hundred
miles of communist East Germany to res
cue our Berlin garrison
We should face the Berlin crisis with
resolution and determination and patience
But that does not mean we should give up
our rights to be in the city We must be
ready to talk about anything the commun-
lists want to talk about, in the way of their
Berlin problems, except negotiations to end
our rights to be in the city
5000
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1000
We are indebted to Senator Wallace F.
Bennett Of Utah for a reminder that Fed
eral programs already authorized will cost
the taxpayers trillion dollars in the next
40 years
A trllion, in case you'd like to break it
down. is thousand biIlion-$1 900 ,OOO,-
100000
There's no one in this office who is any
where near capable of visuaizing such an
amount. But one illustration may help:
In cash, it would form stack of 81 900
bills $4,000 stories high.
Remember our Uthan friend was
speaking only of already authorized pro-
grams.
New and expanded programs could vast
ly increase costs.
And one thing is sure-if the welfare
state philosophy continues to grow and
grow, trillion ultimately might look like
petty cash. Then the value of the initiation
busted dollar will move right down toward
the vanishing point-along with both Sc
curty and freedom.