Show ANOTHER NUISANCE TAX It is fitting and proper that all alli I i citizens who enjoy the fruits of f a great democracy should likewise contribute contri ute monetarily to the costs of such government It is also logi logi- logical logical logical cal to assume that 1 hat each cacti should be equitably assessed to maintain and administer the government in all its ramifications But to collect the e c assessments necessary for this pur purpose purpose purpose pose it is neither logical nor wise to tI antagonize anta onize the payees A few fe years ears ago it was rooms found funds to necessary to raise new set off-set the cost of new ne demands by bythe bythe bythe the people upon the government government- social security old age pensions and other welfare aids A sales tax was formulated subsequently made madea It proved law a and administered worthy and despite the costs of ad ad- administration administration administration ministration much good has Tc- Tc re resulted I This tax ta however was and still is very ver solely because of the annoyance and trouble it causes The small amount con con- contributed contributed contributed bv by b each individual fc is s ably never thought of or mentioned but the inconvenience of the con con- contribution contribution contribution has been the greatest source of criticism ever heaped upon a Utah political administration which of necessity fostered it Every Eve time a person is called upon to pay or receive some bf f this so- so called Blood money new vehemence vehemence vehemence mence is en to nany an old ad- ad c It is beyond doubt the most re tax ever placed upon the r of an unsuspecting pub pub- public lic Bit Mr r John Q Citizen plod plod- ploddingly ploddingly ploddingly accepted the lie he burden believing ing m the tile geld d of hg tax tf fr r out- out Y i the evil J But now some of Utah's 1941 senators have conjured in their im im- imaginative imaginative im- im imaginative minds a new tax A tax that would in make ke the sales safes tax lax seem like a little thorn in a n finger when compared with this new porcupine- porcupine cushion tax these men men are preparing for the public to take sitting down These men have decided that a tax on all services based on a price or fee basis would be a fine fand just assessment This tax would be about as popular popular popular lar as a smallpox epidemic and fully as useless Every barber who shaves a face would be subject and forced to t make a record of each leach transaction tr o Every helped wanted aa as m in newspapers would be charged the tax Every plumber who repairs a tap would be required to report Every doc doc- doctor doctor doctor tor who binds a finger every nurse nUre who bathes a baby every shoemak shoemak- shoemaker er who repairs a heel every preach preacher er r who saves a soul every under under- undertaker undertaker undertaker taker who buries a body every tourist who stops in Utah every carPenter who planes a board every tailor who mends a suit every cery mechanic who tightens a nut anut nut in in feet f ct every man who sells or docs does a service for a price or a fee for money would be subject to the tax I 1 In short this tax would be placed upon the services bf every citizen in the state of Utah Utah Utah-a a disguised sales tax levied under an assumed name collected in a more manner and with a great deal more trouble to everyone everyone and and for what We Ve already have hava a sales tax Gov Governor Herbert B. B B Maw both before and after election said we did not need additional taxation He specifically stated that th the sales tax was sufficient to carry the burden hurd n of the welfare department Now these personally have conceived and col col- collectively col- col collectively given birth to an alias sales tax they say wll be used not for defense or other em em- emergency emer er enc needs but definitely and solely for revenue for the welfare department S doesn't add up here someone here someone is wrong and we do not believe it is the governor If the citizens of this state stand idly by and do not fiOt in some manner protest to their duly elected rc representatives re- re then it is well that they be made to suffer this tins nuisance tax hourly in order that they be con con- constantly constantly constantly reminded of their dormant and inanimate mate interest in affairs of government 1 |