Show HI BI R It SWAI WAI lOUn OUn AUlO I 1 OR A HOUSE I If fO foreign countries are destroy destroy- destroying destroying ing the wealth and the savings destroY I of heir citizens with taxes which make life a burden why should hould the United States fol- fol follow follow fol follow I low their example o so 1 0 often the people are re of- of offered offered of offered as an excuse for rapidly in-I in In- In Increasing In Increasing creasing taxes the statement that they are not yet taxed as highly y yas I as tho the citizens of or some other country Well why should wo vc be That question Is never someI an- an answered an answered I s ered Now No that the 1937 federal bud bud- budget budget budget get with an admitted and billion half and half haIC deficit has been knocked into a cocked hat by loss of processing process process- processing processing ing taxes and an two over two over dollar bonus obligation plus an undetermined relief expenditure the tax raisers are ale are looking for Cor new I sources of oC Income I One plan that reports say has been suggested In Washington is 15 lafor for a tax levy on the horsepower of automobiles It Is pointed out that England France Prance and Italy have such a I tax Th There re are some 25 motor motorcars motorcars motorcars cars In the United States It Ib Is es- es estimated es estimated d that if It they average 20 horsepower each they furnish horsepower available for taxation A tax of 2 1 cent per day per hor hor er would yield a n year or 1 a scar car if the levy were increased to 1 I cent per day per pei horsepower Automobile owners ow owners ers m are already paying approximately 1 o n year In Federal state stale and lo- lo local local lo local cal taxes ta So what does another billion bUBon more or less amount to A AI I penny penn per day pr p r horsepower er fora for forn forn n a 20 horsepower el car would be only 20 cents a day or 73 a year on onI I top of present taxes The scheme sounds wild and im- im impossible Im Impossible possible but we already bid fair to tob tobt- tobt I tx b record breakers in other taxes so 80 wh why not trail along and ind become an ted o-o o on our ur automobile automobile I taxes No matter how you figure I public expenditures they all nU come comei lout cut of the citizens citizen s pocket comeI I |