Show vI v- v 1 I WOULD BACK ACTION ACTIONs ACTION's J JI s 's If I you OU desire lJ Vis is t to c continue t the he Je legislative tax committee notwithstanding not- not withstanding the fact that most of or ofIs oris its is Is members will vill wi not be in the next unless reelected I shall shalle be e glad to approve 6 your action acton in inthis inthis this respect It would be Impossible to give glye too much nuch praise to the members of or the legislative 1 0 tax committee for their thel devoted leveled service to the state At great gleat sacrifice to themselves they have ha lave for nanny many man weeks unselfishly and nd patriotically applied themselves to o a stud study of oC the intricate and dlf- dlf problems mB o of taxation that have lave beset bese our state for years ears and that hat urgently call can for a 0 solution They have earned the gratitude of Weir tHeir fellow elow citizens for their thor there ugliness and th their ir p patience ten o In col- col with wih the commission to bring a about out a coordinated program or of f taxation that should so far tal ds possible remove the existing inequities In- In equities and yet be fair fai to all al Interest in- in terest These members are now equipped quipped to lo bring to their respective houses an authoritative knowledge kno Of o f the subject that has engrossed their heir attention for nearly a year To ro the tho ta tax revision re commission also Iso should be given Iven credit for displaying dis- dis playing laying a u thorough grasp of or th the subject o of taxation and for Co evol ng a 3 plan that Is singularly free front from roni bias bins prejudice or partiality Tho The fact that the commission and the 19 committee aie in full ful accord On the fundamentals of or the proposed plan Ian should commend it strongly to ho tho legislature The mert merit of or tho the tholan plan lan is further attested by the fact that a Kansas commission after an n exhaustive stud study has ha recommend mend mended d the same fundamental It J seems reasonable to pro pro- sum that if i the tho entire body of or the legislature were to stud study tho the question queston ques- ques tion ton on with the same open-minded open dare care and thoroughness that have distinguished the commission lon and nd the IB committee It Il would Inevitably reach each the same result result results As s stated In Its Is letter of trans- trans the commissions commission's plan is ased l i pon what hat hat It terms the four cardinal PrinciPles ot of equitable tax- tax r Iz viz I. I All Al tan tangible sible property should shout bo ho taxed at n t uniform t rates rales throughout the Jurisdiction tion Uon of or the authority levying tho the tax If It All AI business done for profit should be taxed at a a. moderate moderate mod mod- erate crate uniform rate upon the not net ne Income of t th the the business l done ne within this state III II All Al residents of or this thin state slate having tn taxable ability should hould pay PY a direct personal Income tax tit mit tt moderate gr graduated graduated grad grad- d- d rates 1 IV Ii Centralized administration tion ton should be he provided with wih adequate te n authority to supervise super super- vise the entire entro tax hix system m |