Show r I The Tax Boomerang I ISe Se- Se 0 Sec c GERMANY ERMANY is imposing a head tax on employers employ employ- ers who have more than twenty m men n or women in their service Pol Poland nd is planning a tax on all un unwedded wedded folk of marriageable age These are but two of the extremes to which taxes may lead Over here we have not yet been pressed to these ends although some of the luxury taxes which we have just discarded were not f. f far r removed removed removed re re- re- re moved from this pettiness Petty taxes are the natural result of crowding the Excessive ta taxes es but promote an anevil anevil anevil evil condition and rarely provide the rev revenue nue re relief relief relief re- re lief sought Here in Utah we have learned something something something some some- thing of the the tax burden Property owners are meeting the situation with vigorous protests in inthe inthe inthe the hope of forcing economies and reductions High taxes are vicious in that they discourage population and retard progress The state which solves its tax problems problem l best is the one which keeps the rate down The low tax 1 ate nate is a a I standing invitation to v ne new nev industries and residents resi resi- dents These increases automatically provide funds which serve to ai aid in still still further furth r reducing the rate L I High taxes work to the the opposite end They automatically reduce the number who carry the Burden making further increases necessary The Themore Themore Themore more the tax rate is increased the less chance we have lave of solving the the tax problem because it suppresses suppresses suppresses sup sup- i presses the elements which bring low taxation i Petty etty taxes follow because public officials find it I imperative to uncover uncover r new sources for taxation Unless we start trimming our tax rate we may find it necessary to resort to petty practices to provide funds I |