Show Tax Crush Hurts Survey Shows Pu Public lic opinion surveys show that the average AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean feels that he is being crushed beneath the load of taxation being heaped on him He Ile wants the tax burden eased The recent Louis Harris survey indicated that by a better than two-to-one two margin respondents said that taxes have reached the breaking point The specific figures show that 64 per cent had reached this conclusion as opposed to 25 per cent who said they had not 66 per cent said Federal taxes were too high compared compared compared com com- pared to 27 per cent who said the reverse and 69 per percent percent percent cent would sympathize with a tax revolt as against only 17 per cent who would not These landslide majorities should serve as a warning to legislators that the public is fed up with excessive government spending as the panacea for America Americas America's s economic economic economic econ econ- ills The only way to regain the confidence of the electorate is to establish range long-range priorities eliminate bureaucratic duplication and reduce overall spending |