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Show GOVERNMENT ASKS 4 TO BORROW, ! NOT CONFISCATE j The nation is now attempting to borrow $14,000,000,000 from its citizens, with individuals as distinct dis-tinct from banks and corporations asked to provide $5,500,000,000. Confronted with the necessity of waging two tremendous wars, across vast ocean spaces, the expense ex-pense of warfare reaches fantastic fantas-tic proportions. It is not too much to expect that the patriotic response of the people of the United States will likewise attain fantastic proportions. propor-tions. This means, of course, that every individual must make a special spe-cial exertion to support the financial finan-cial structure of the nation. The expenses of the war will be much more than any amounts that can be secured through taxation, taxa-tion, regardless of how many new levies the Congress decides to levy. To balance the books of the nation, as going, solvent concern, it is vital that the people lend their money to the government. It is not much to ask the temporary tem-porary use of some money, with the government paying interest on the loan. In some countries there has been no such procedure. The dictatorial governments ruthlessly confiscate property and funds, taking what they need without regard to the ownership of individuals. |