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Show TAXING YOUR OPINION Are you in favor of the government taxing your ! deas? They tax everything else! j If your answer is YES, you don't need to read any urther. But if it's a loud NO, consider this: The Federal Government now denies a tax deduc-ion deduc-ion for expenses involved if you express publicly your dews on matters that can effect your business or your ight to stay in business. I It takes the position that if you promote your opin-ons opin-ons to the public on economic matters that effect your : lusiness, then you're guilty of lobbying and propaganda , -and you can't write off incurred charges as an ordi- j ary business expense. Not so long ago a newspaper editor found this ut the hard way. Editor Alex Washburn of the Hope Ark.) Star spent $6,000 to seek a referendum on a i ales tax a matter which he felt had a direct bearing ; n the welfare of his newspaper. But the Tax Court I ;lying on a Supreme Court ruling decreed that he ! Duldn't charge it up to ordinary business expenses and laim it as a deduction in figuring out his income tax. The government is still resting on those oars. How about joining hands and squashing this cen-5rship cen-5rship by taxation? Right now, there are nine cor-ctive cor-ctive bills pending in Congress eight in the House id one in the Senate that guarantee your Constitu-onal Constitu-onal rights without tax reprisals. The bills are spon-ired spon-ired by Senators Hartke of Indiana and Kerr of Okla-oma, Okla-oma, and by Congressmen Boggs, La. ; Byrnes, Wise. ; iller, N. Y. ; Herlong, Fla. ; Teague, Texas ; Mason, 1.; Wilson, Calif.; and Dooley, N. Y. Get a letter off today to Senators Moss and Bennett id Congressman Peterson and tell 'em that you, for le, don't want your opinion taxed. |