| Show A HOUSEWIFE housewives s POINT I 1 OF VIEW A stoic stoe and a kettle it was as a case of the stove call I 1 I 1 ng 1 9 the kettle black when secretary t a ry of state heber bennion jr addressed members of the utah cooperative association recently the very least that can call be said oi of the private industry which ha has taken 1 billion in ores from utah and left little in return is that they assume their share of the nations tax burden by way of income taxes and those lucky enough to get a dividend check are taxed again taxes one news story which makes me wonder comes from secretary of the treasury john W snyder who looks with approval on an idea of one congressman to wipe out part t of the current deficit by stepping up the collection of corporation taxes the congressman said the treasury would get an extra 1 it in fiscal wal lii 1 by giving corporations only six months instead of a year to pay up he going to do for finances the last six months in 1 il potatoes well going to dump the potatoes and save for the taxpayers one man had a pretty good idea when he said for the lack of any better way out of the dilemma dile nima speaking of what to do with the surplus potatoes we suggest that the politicians and bureaucrats of washington be taken to the piles of surplus potatoes transportation paid of course and ordered to peel and eat cat until they come up with an alternate plan for getting rid of them 0 0 more on taxes during a family discussion of taxes the other night the teenage teen age ag daughter spoke up and said my citizenship teacher says taxes should be increased on corporations the teacher may believe that but he has no business teaching it in school his teaching should be unbiased should tell both sides of the story and let students judge for themselves the teacher forgot to tell the the daughter that the word corporation is a name given a form of business other forms of bus business iness are designated as partnership or cooperative that it is made up of people who pool their resources and hope for a fair return on theia investment ile he tell her that corporations are not the m monsters some would have us believe that there are arc many small corporations like those men in business in your own home town least of all lie he forgot to tell her that when the tax burden becomes too great and those corporations are unable to put aside some money for a rainy day many of them are going to fold up and there will be more lost payrolls and most important of all in the operation of our government loss of taxes |
