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Show (&(DSipy(&is TIME IS SHORT We must brace ourselves In the hope that we can last out two more years of our present federal administration, with the faith that the people will see what is happening to our country and return it to sanity. Some of the programs, especially those of the federal aid type. If not stopped soon, they will I ead us into a government as bad and as dangerous danger-ous as Communism itself. If something is not done soon to slap the federal government out of our oockets and give some of the power back to the local levels of government, it will be a sad thing indeed for our country. If part of the taxing powers wielded by the state and federal governments were to be given to the counties, many of the high-salaried bureaucrats would have to go back to working to earn a I iving. It has been proved many times that the people get more val ue for the tax doll ar that is collected and administered on a local basis, than that collected by the state and federal government. The counties are not able to function as they should when their only source of income is from property tax, and many citizens are able to get by without paying their fair share of the cost of local government. It seems sad, indeed, that a man can own a piece of property covered with weeds, an eyesore to the community, and pay very smal I taxes on it, but if he cleans it up and improves it, he will be penalized even more even though he has spent timeand money, and may not realize any more income from it than before. The moral seems to be to I ive in a tumbl ed-down shack, drive a beat-up old car, and let the damn fool who wants to live better pay all the taxes. |