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Show I It's oitf business! Will it ever be possible for another an-other American to build up a fortune for-tune like Henry Ford? One of every two persons polled replied "yes" recently when this question was put to them in an opinion survey. Opportunity Exists, But . . . S Sagging floors often are cause: by wood shrinkage or the warpir. of a joist. A fairly satisfacior correction can be made by drive wedges between the top of the jo:-and jo:-and "the floor. Rubber wedges c. from an old automobile tire oft; will reduce the creaking. j Farm tnd city workers, on the j average, were about equally con-i con-i vinced that the opportunity exists , today to duplicate pioneer success with a capital S. Professional and I business people questioned were only slightly less optimistic. One reason why many people i think new multimillionaires are possible is that they are not very well informed about the amount of income tax which a man has to pay as he ascents the income ladder. lad-der. This was brought out sharply in another question in the survey which asked voters : "If a man makes one million dollars dol-lars a year, how much of it do you think he has to pay in income taxes?" Taxes High On AU ..." The average of all guesses was the man would pay 50 of his million mil-lion dollar income to Uncle Sam's income tax colectors. Few persons realize that a married person with two dependents would pay in taxes nearly 84, or $838,850, out of $1-million $1-million Income. Taxes are also too high for the |