Show Taxation's High Tol Toll By RA RAYMOND i ND National l Chairman Sentinels of o othe th the Republic i I That r government li is I be beat governs lea least I This was one of the axioms of our sturdy Americans of earlier genera genera- generations generations generations It Its 8 being forgotten today Americans are getting to a lot more mort government than their fathers lathers got And nd they're Byre paying a lot more for forit it too How flow much more A recently pub published pub pub- published range long-range stud study of govern govern- govern i governmental governmental mental cos costs offers some interesting answers It show shows for example I That In 1850 approximately one ODe cent out of every dollar earn earned d In inthe Inthe I Ithe the United States was spent spent spent-on on the upkeep of government federal government federal state and local That by 1900 the proportion had rIsen to six cents out of every such auch dollar I I tak That by 1929 government was talc talc- taki i Sag twelve cents out of the dollar And finally That by 1934 the toll had mounted to nineteen cents out of each Income dollar Nor Is tha that the entire story I Actu-I Actu- Actu Actually Actu Actually ally government is 1 spending more than It collects and collects and has been doing so for years In 1934 the figures reveal It spent approximately telY 35 cents out of every dollar earned by its citizens The difference hf course helped swell public debt What Is the effect of this rising toll on the productive e enterprise of our country Lets consider It i Money spent by government Is iz in general unproductive Seldom Beldom does It create new opportunities for lasting last last- lasting lasting ing employment But money spent in private enterprise in enterprise in la building homes In expanding stores stort's In oper oper- operating oper- oper operating operating farms pr or r factories creates factories creates new wealth new opportunities new Jobs I productive To diver divert great sums from tive enterprises and Individual pay envelopes envelope Into the hands of gove govern government ment pande spenders is s therefore to every ever en t tJ opportunity not enly to work and earn cam but blit to enjoy the full fruits of ot his toiL tolL It is a b barrier to re employment America enjoyed Its greatest ex- ex expansion ex expansion when government was Wu tto eco economical and taxation smell small It ban ban- Hot bot recapture that swift progress so 80 BOlong I long as It Is ed by Ii a millstone of ot official extravagance and waste Economy In government is therefore far more snore than s a pop popular ular demand demands It is an AD esse UJ to both the progress of or our IJa nation OD an and the he prosperity pf of f Its lt people |