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Show Spending More Than II Gels In the nasi year, your federal government has spoilt almost al-most $:!, 000,000,001) MOKK than it took away from you in iaxes. On top of this, cities, counties, slates and schoo1 districts, moslly, have been spending far in excess of their I receipt s, ', Kvery private business in the United States has been re- trenching but the biggest business of them all goes gaily on, squandering money it hasn't got at the maddest rate in history. No business no matter HOW big it is can keep on doing this, and survive. No business can spend money like a drunken sailor, and then expect its stock- holders Lo keep pouring their savings into it. What is the federal government's' answer to repeated public demands for economy; for some slight sanity in the operation of the nation? ... A few meaningless economies, not amounting to a drop in the bucket and MORE TAX US! Where are more taxes to come from? How can business progress as long as greater and greater sections of its profits prof-its are filched from it by bureaucracy? How can people keep up their standard of living while government takes from them more and more of their earnings? For the reckless spending last year of '$3,500,000,000 more than was received, congress is responsible. And congress, con-gress, unless it wishes something painful to happen, should stop tnlliing about; new taxes of any description, and apply Itself 1o a drastic cutting oT expenses. |