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INDIVIDUAL TAXPATEKGBr TAXPAYER TAXPAYEROf:1'8 TAXPAYERGETS Of:1'8 Of18 GETS : ' BIT urr AGAINWASHINGTON AGAINWASHINGTON AGAIN AGAINWASHINGTON WASHINGTON - Congre.slonal Congreslonal Congressional Congre.slonaltaxmakerl Congressionaltazsnakers Congressionaltaxmakara . taxmakerl tazsnakers entered an apparent apPl1rent gen aen gentieman's gentleman's . tleman tleman's tlemans tieman's tiemans ' . agreement aareement earlier In the theear theyear thsyear -ear ear year , - that t thay ey would soak the Indi indi- individual mdividual Individual - vidual Income taxpayer no more un- un until un until - . til tii _ be he had a . chance to atralghten straighten atralghtenb1n'1seU straightenhintiefl straightenhimself b1n'1seU b1n1seU hintiefl ' out on tha the so-called so called ao-called ao - - "pay pay " aayoligothe afxyoU-go afxyoU go . 70u-go-the 70u go the yoli-go---the yoli - . " ' - - - - tha device by which they theyhaUcovertly theyhalfcovertly theyhalt-covertly theyhalt covertly haU-covertly haU covertly half-covertly half - - hiked biked his war taxes taxel at atleast atleast atleast least 2A 25 per cent cent , , under the benevo benevo- benevolent benevolent benevolent - - lent guise eu1se of letting letUng him pay payrently cur currently ur . rently after 1945 1045 1945Members 1945Member 1045Member Members Member , of the bouse house committee committea.and committeaand . , and also senate 'enate enate lenate ' finance flnance , . agreed the theindividual theindividual thaIndividual individual Just Ju.t Jut . could not stand mere mereduring mereduring mareduring during thi this . transition trans1t1on period of dou dou- double dou- dou double double - - ble taxation Nothlne Nothing waa was wrlUen written wrlUendown writtendown writtendown down , . but public statements were wereIssued wereissued wereI issued by many members to this thll ef- ef ci- ci efI effeet cifect ef effect - I fecti feetI feetNow fectNow fect feet i Now , . after aftor nine months of searchIn searchtog search- search searching - I ' ing tog In , for new methods of 01 taxa taxation- taxation taxationand taxation taxationand tion- tion tioni tionand - i and failing faiUng to consider seriously a asingle asingle asingle single new method . , , not even votingon voting on a sales ales tax or a spending tax.or taxor tax tax . . I Ior or trying tryinll : to reach the special re- re restricted restricted re restricted - - stricted class dais of 01 1n inflated ated war In Incomeasenate incomessenate Incomes comea-senate comea senate comes-senate comes - - senate finance flnance baa bas has submit submit- submitted submitted . - ted a billTo billTo bill billTa Ta To hit bli bit the sama same asset ali old fasdivlxsial individual In- In - Income Income to-came to came - - come & taxyayer &axpaler axpaler taxpayer * aail nd d sr DO no ODe one sia else elseagala , _ aiala again b by , . thi the atealthy atealtb7 stealthy siaetbed method el or ot allowlnc atlowing al- al at- at alwlig - - lowlnc lowing ( wlig rates rateSi to t * remaLa remain tar the sarnei .ame ame same samewhile . .amewbUe wbUe while two & ex- ex cx- cx - - enrUena emptioDS emptions . _ Elim1na Elimination tJon of the 10 per cent centearned centearned centearned earned income credit will wm hike hlke theindividuals the theindivIduals theindividuals indivIduals tax tJX ! costs . about .bout bout 540 mil million mu mulion million lion dollars next , year ear , . disallowance disallowanceof of deductions for excise taxes taxe . will willcost willcost willcost cost 150 million mllUon mil4Ion dollars more In Inan Ina11 Inall an a11 . , thi this . bill blll raises raise . income taxes taxesagain taxesagain taxesagain again by about 700 m million Uon dollatsHow dollarshow dollars dollats dollarsHow How . did dl.d dld they dare do it it7 it1 ? Chlefty Chiefly Chleftybecause Chieflybecause Chieflybecause because a thoughtlessly thoughUessly false fal.e fale . , . if DOt not DOtIntentionally notintentionally notintentionally Intentionally deceptive , propaganda propagandahas propagandahaa haa has been built up before the public publicTaxmakers publicTaxmnakers publicTaxmakers Taxmakers Taxmnakers in their giddiness or orfrustration orfrustration orfrustration frustration have bave coma come to believetheir beHeve belfeve beHevetheir belfevetheir their own words words- words words'The - The 'The ' ' country canstand can canstand canstand stand more taxes ' People have havemoney havemoney bsvemoney money to bum burn , , . ' Danger of Infla infta- infta inftation infia- infia infiation Inflation - - tionThe tion ' The truth is certain war working workingpeople workingpeople workingpeople people have greatly greatiy Increased In Incomes incomes incomes comes but most people have much muchless muchless muchless less after taxes and high pricesNo pricesNo prices pricesNo No one advertises the truth that thatthis thatthis thatthis this government increased its toll tollon tollon tollon on the income taxpayer 152 per cent centthe centthe centthe the first five months of this fiscal fiscalgovernment fiscalgovernment fiscalgovernment government year ( < July to December Decem Decemb Decembr b br r ) over last year Litt1 Little do you youhear youhear youhear hear of taxa taxation bon rising 700 per cent centin centin centin in three major bills since Pearl Har Her Harbor Herbor Harbor bor tba the brunt falling fallmg on old tax taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers payers not the inconsiderable inconsiderahle laconsiderahle new newwar newwar newwar war workers ( < nine million mlllion new Vlc Vie Vlctory Vietory Vietory tory taxpayers pay only 162 mil i-nIl i nIl million inIllion - million lion dollars ) A struggling married wage woge earn eam- eam carts- carts eamer cartsCr earner - - er Cr getting $5 5 $ $ 000 today must pay lii liiper 2ftper per cent or (1 1 $1 ( $ 000 to his federal federalgovernment federalgovernment federalgovernment government in addition to state andcounty and andcounty andcounty county taxes and other federal levies lev 1ev levles 1evies les ies on cigarettes liquor etc ete . < $ > < S > > IT S A KEAL REAL STRUGGLE STRUGGLEAll All you hear bear are expert arguments argumentsabout argumentsabout argumentsabout about inflation with Wlth generalized over overall overall overall all national natlOnal figures about swollen In Incomes incomes incomes comes nothing nothmg about this $5 5 $ $ 000 Ulan man Ulantrying mantrying mantrying trying to buy bonds pay with withholding withholding withholding holding terrific terrlflc prices pnces and raise a afamily afamily afamily family on about half hall or less of what whathe whathe whathe he earns earnsNo No one absolutely no one takesthe takes takesthe takesthe the part of the Individual tndlVidual taxpayer taxpayerThe taxpayerThe taxpayerThe The way the propaganda has been beenset beenset beenset set up it is considered unpopular unpopulareven unpopulareven unpopulareven even remotely unpatriotic to do soBut soBut so soRut Rut But centralized generaUze4J generalize4 ; average taxatJon taxation taxatJonalready taxationalready taxatloaalready already Is $357 357 $ per person here com corn compared cornpared c mpared pared with $291 291 $ In Britain and $261 261 $261In $261In $21la 21la $ * In Canada and oar Odr our peaple people already alreadypay alreadypay alreadyPay pay eight ellfbt times nrre more than In World WorldWar WorldWar WorldWar War 1 I 1MIBACLE . < > 1 1MIRACLE < $ -MIBACLE MIBACLE - , MIRACLE NEEDED NEEDEDI NEEDEDTO NEEDEDTO NEEDEDTO I TO WIN ELECTION IN 44 44Mr 44I 44Mr I Mr Roosevelt the miracle man manI manof manof manof I of politics poJltics is now supposed to be bewhipping bewhipping bewhipping whipping u ua . another one for 1944HIs 1944His 1844 1944 1844His His tactics abroad confirm the ex expectatlon expectation expectation pectatlon pectation within withm Democra Dernocra Ic Ie ranks ranksthat ranksthat ranksthat that he will again completely re- re reorganize re- re reorganize re reorganize - - organize his lines for the coming comingelectIOn comingelection comingelection electIOn Certainly Certainty a miracle Is de tie demanded tiemanded demanded manded by the current condition of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Democratic party and aod tht the thefrayed thefrayed ' frayed worn strateeems stratege.ms strategems . of the theNew theNew theNew New Deal DealHis DealHIS DealHis His act on ons . suggest he is working workingtoward workingtoward workingtoward toward two main developments an anagreement anagreement anagreement agreement with Russia ( not as a aumfied aunified aunified umfied unified permarfent permanent American foreign foreignpolicy foreignpolicy foreignpolicy policy but as a personal Roosevelt Rooseveltventure Rooseveltventure Rooseveltventure venture engineered by him alone aloneand aloneand aloneand and to be led by him alone-and alone and atonal-and atonal aloneandsecondly atonalandsecondly alone ) - andsecondly secondly a direct drrect campaign campnlgn tor for thl tin thlsoldier thisoldier . soldier vote to bring brmg the bulk of these thesedeCISive thesedecisive thesedecisive deCISive 10 million absentee ballots ballotsor ballotsor or a great majority majonty of them into intothe intothe intothe the administration camp regardless regardlessof of what congress is now doing toprevent to toprevent toprevent prevent ItHis itHis It ItHis His leaders are working workmg ardentlyto atidentlyit at'dently atdently atidently at'dentlyto ' to it ) get through his $ $300 300 $ soldier de demobilization demobilization demobilization mobilization pay billAmid billAmid bill billAmid Amid such soldier heraldry In Incongress incongress incongress congress Mr Roosevelt has con consplcuously conspicuously conspicuously splcuously spicuously spent spelit as much or more moretime moretime moratima time reviewing troops in Egypt , , SIC SICl1y Sicfly Siclly l1y fly and North Africa than with the theRussians theRussians theRussians theRussiansMeanwhile Russians RussiansMeapwhlle RussiansMeapwhile Meanwhile Meapwhlle Meapwhile his radio and other othercommehtators othercommehiators othercommentators commehtators commehiators are singing in 10 signlflcant slgnlft signifi slgnlftcant significant cant unison against the dastardlinessof dastardlJnessof dastardlJness dastardliness of congressional action In leaving leavingthe leavingthe leavingthe the soldier vote collection to the thestates thestates thestates states . . Obviously Obviouxly the last has baa bat not notbeen notbeen notbeen been beard heard of this subject |