Show School Income Tax Bill The Utah legislature is showing common sense a and d judgment 4 A 1 few freak measures have been introduced but they have received ft cant attention an and have been buried under an avalanche of 4 Nf y z disapproval This introduction leads to the question as to whether the thel i l legislative gisl tive body enacting certain ertain laws for fo r the welfare of the com com- tr g unity and nd exercising splendid judgment in the selection of the legislation n offered realizes what the bill calling for a special inc income me meI fIA I sax Ja- upon all and sundry to the extent of 2 per cent means to Utah t and d' d Its people I e. e There cannot be two views on the subject ls s to whether too much taxation h has S already been imposed The legislators like the populace J p realize that the people have had to bear heavy burdens ring the war The reconstruction period has now begun and andr tf r mances ances m must st be found for development By the imposition of tax tax- at this stage it would mean th that t development work would t Y e s seriously handicapped and many proposed undertakings might i f. f ot be carried to completion Further than that further taxation i V 4 would mean the stopping of certain industries coming to Utah I all forms of income come under the proposed law to tax I I very every kind oft of remuneration however earned t The bill which comes under general condemnation condemnation is that proposes to swell the exchequer from which would flow the ther r to to be used for the he promotion of elementary and secondary ary education Another bIll which proposed t taxation on all incomes I imply to augment the states state's fund and to be used in a general has already been killed by a committees committee's t. t expenditure program t report I 1 The ed educational finance bill has much in common with the J bill ill sent serit to its grave The people of this state and other states this year will have to pay greater income taxes to the federal government In In the last eighteen months tI the e war called not alone for the manifestation of patriotism but for loosening the purse stings Practical patriotism was demanded and practical cal pat patriotism by dollars and cents was demonstrated in the invest y t 1 ment nt in Liberty bonds and in subscribing liberally to organizations organization of pf mercy such as the Red Cross The calls helped to drain the wealth of the families of real patriots Now on top of this while the community is figuratively I speaking struggling to its feet further legislation is proposed to send the patriots to the financial floor In addition to these features the fact should not be ignored that the school districts are allowed by law to tax up to a certain i I limit If it is found that the total amount raised in the different districts is insufficient to meet the situation there Is nothing to prevent an appeal being made The limit of taxation does not Necessarily have to stop at five mills on the dollar for the schools If the school authorities deem the revenue inadequate they can t take ke remedial measures and have a law introduced to meet their t wants J There is no real argument which can be made in favor of the proposed measure of taxation by means of assessing incomes The people cannot afford to be taxed to any greater extent and 0 for the legislature to pass the proposed law would wO it is submitted rr r in f all ll r respect be tantamount to official suicide by the lawmakers |