Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-20 | Page 4 | What Readers Think

What Readers Think RULES 1 Letters limited to words T 2 2 a II Write cu 11 one oue side aide of ot the le patr paper pa per tr only lb b write legibly J 3 s a and partisan ills ills- cushions barred b personal as u. aspersions not 4 3 a Writers must sl sign true rile names and arid residential addresses a pen name may maybe maybe maybe be published of ot Authors Author's real reat name 5 Poetical contributions are arc not considered b ti Views S expressed In Sn this department arc are those of ot th the contributors contributors' and d do n nOt t necessarily reflect the the- views lews of It t Tio 2 o 7 7 1 The department nt cannot be used und aann as aa asan asan an nn advertising nd f. f This department de tie toes IOU not rOUl t more moro than one ono contribution a week from the tho I same author Thoughts on Taxes Editor of oC The Telegram It is sa d jn in the scriptures Yc Ye halI know them by their work worl whether they be good or evil Obviously Obviously Ob Ob- Ob- Ob faith in the American government cannot be maintained Without a regular statement of from ever every citizen Every Every Ev Ev- Ev- Ev ery cry citizen has a vital interest in government support taxes He who Is not interested in tax questions questions ques ques- is lacking in loyalty Faith In the American government government government govern govern- ment requires that each Individual 1 ual citizen shall act to be taxed proportionately for government support There are three kinds of government support in the ab ab- ab- ab One must be paid in mone money Another must be ren rca rendered rendered dered in whatever physical and intellectual efforts needed Theother Theother The Theother other must be rendered from the soul of every free tree citizen moral citizen moral su support p v ort The latter is the chief chic support of oC government fit for tor free people which is always responsive to the will of the majority Wherever the thc will of ot the majority Is avoided b by force lorce government morals are arc easily and generally destroyed Every denial of interest in tax questions by any citizen jeopardizes jeopardizes jeopardizes dizes the government Any disregard disregard disregard dis dis- dis- dis regard for the tax question is paramount to a disregard for tor the Interests of ot the state and nation A republic is governed by lawand lawand law lawand and operated by officers elected by popular choice of their fellow citizens An Any enemy of such democracy democracy de de- de- de might be expected to say ho had no interest in how when or where the government support tax mo money c was gotten Such an enemy is fit It only to be the vassal of oC a king or dictator An Any such an attitude Is anathema anathema anathema anath anath- ema to tony any any ny politics or science of government which is fit tit for free tree people to abide with No state that permits its citizens to lapse and remain in such an attitude can be he anything but a plundered province ruled by carpetbag overlords J. J PARLEY WHITE