Show T Taxation and Electors Electors' 4 1 The bond election held yesterday emphasizes the incongruity of the law which provides that only taxpayers shall vote at such suchs Jt s elections Enactment of the law was probably on the theory that i only y the man actually listed tisted on the assessment rolls pays taxes and that therefore he should have the exclusive right to accept of or or reject b. b a new tax burden S s Y r The theory however is s not tenable in fact It is based on on fiction Just as reasonable would it be to say that n no no man takes part in a war unless he gets the front line trenches and aDd kills i some of the enemy In this case casee case we e would be forgetting the man b behind hind which is just what has been done in the election law relating relating ing ding g to bond elections 4 Taxpayers are men and women who own p property perty real or personal They are on the assessment roll roU and once a year they i t j to the assessors assessor's office offic and pay ta taxes es To them is i fn tit actual duty of conveying their money to the assessors assessor's office I 1 ut ut nt in reality in very few cases do they actually pay the taxes I W The taxes on every bit of income property within the county to office office building factory store warehouse farm flat apartment or residence residence are are not paid by the owner If a house is rented the owner fixes the rent at such a figure as to pay interest on th the investment for upkeep depreciation and to pay taxes the factory operator sells his products for cost which includes taxes plus profit So it is with all income bearing property The owner does not pay the taxes the man down below the worker the consumer consumer con con- sumer the renter does that and the owner simply carries the tax money he has collected to the assessors assessor's office and gets a receipt for it If the commissioners raise the taxes the landlord raises th the rent and the man down below has to pay it Considering this the law seems unjust doesn't it Its It's on a apar apar apar par with the Russian soviet rule which provides that only the man who works can vote |