Show C QI I The Big S Issue I 4 IN TN IN SPITE of of-an of an average tax of o f-o foA or A L every man ma woman and child in the in-the the United States levied and collected at the present presen ti tine time e some state and and municipal officials still ill contend that th the people want the improvements improvements improve improve- ments merits and high taxes and ignore demands fo for tax reductions The truth of the matter is the people of 0 f every state and city want economy in iii government because individuals have been forced to economize in their own homes am and nd 1 J living The national taxes are five times what wha they were in 1912 This is 2947 per capita c-apita to be collected or Th The national government has made some sonie steps step toward economy in governmental fion Some states have also cut down the ever ever growing burden of government expenses The states and m municipalities of the United States have a bonded indebtedness of pf twelve billions of dollars The wave of pf extravagance that followed the closing of the war is blamed for this Individuals also b became came wild spendthrifts spendthrifts spend spend- thrifts but were to to return to more norma normal li living ing But city and state governments governments' seem to disregard the national feeling of economy The expenditures go on in dizzy figures as a 13 result of costly improvements bureaus am and commissions The question of taxes is one every political should heed carefully and with wit witla witha a view of Jf reducing Peace plans Europe's ills and other miscellaneous aftermaths of the World war are not what is foremost in the minds of the people It is tax reductions brought about through economy in administration in city county state and nation |