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Show NEW CARS AND TAXES In 1949, according to an analysis by the Ford Motor Company, direct and indirect taxes account for $511.50 or 25 of the delivered purchase price of the average $2000 car. In 1936, factory delivered price of a standard two-door two-door Ford Sedan was $520. The total outlay for government services of all kinds (Federal, state and local) is equal to every cent of wages and salaries of more than 21 million persons in the United States. Or, putting it another way, it takes the entire wages and salaries of 40 per cent of all persons in gainful, gain-ful, non-government work, to pay government bills. For the calendar year 1948, Federal internal revenue collections equalled ail the wages and salaries of the 15 million workers in all the factories and mines of the United States. Ten years ago (1939) the proportion was one-half, and in 1929 it was about one-fifth. Since April 1, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson has ordered the discontinuance of 133 military committees commit-tees and boards. That's at .about , the rate of 33 units per month. Among those the new secretary has done away with were the "Board to Study United States Navy Band" and a "Committee on New Type Sea Bag." |