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Show Spring-Farm-Home- Taxes And More Taxes As April draws near, millions of Americans are laboring over their federal and state income tax forms. And I am sure most taxpayers will agree that we are being eaten alive by taxes and relief is needed. For example, one of the hundreds of letters I receive from constituents complaining about the burgeoning tax rate was from a man who included a 15 conceivable that his buying chart showing exactly how his 'tax bite was pinching him. Since 1970, his personal income taxes have almost tripled. Of course, if he is now making more money, his taxes might well increase, but the fact is that there is no real indication that he is making more money. Because of the inflation that has raged through our economy since the early 1970s, it is quite GIVE AttiEEDAN CCH take Atami AYARD! 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Many cheat on their income taxes, and many more are dealing strictly in cash payments that cannot be audited by the IRS. Indeed, there is ample evidence that many Americans are not resisting temptation, and an underground economy is springing up in this country today. Simply put, our people are resorting to an exchange of services in order to keep their transactions off the books, and most importantly, out of the hands of the tax collectors. These earnings result from an attempt to flee llie cnliio family of ) t Alt it elirr lnc and gasoline Inmmeis. and trimmer edgers I anch Section, April -1 reduce taxable earnings. The barter, or exchange-of-goodeconomy is inherently inefficient which is why it is normally replaced by a money system. However, when the money economy involves rates of taxation which are nearly confiscatory, barter regains it 13, 1978 eniorcement, and write more tax restrictive rulings. attractiveness. "Business Congress can close up more tax shelter options. I am opposed to ail these tactics. We are penalizing the most ingenious, most productive members of our society because they make more money. Over 94 percent ol the taxes are paid by those who Week magazine estimates that the underground economy might total as much as $195 The reward for working harder is to be taxed to the limit. make over billion per year. Had that amount been subject to todays taxes, last years deficit, which totaled $48 billion, would not exist. Unfortunately, as long as taxes increase, so will the likelihood of this economy. This is especially true in view of President tax Carters proposals for this year, which simply increase the tax burden on the most productive members of our society. Never have I seen tax proposals so openly designed to transfer resources from the most productive to the least productive sectors of our $17,000 annually. the underground Joining economy, fudging on tax forms or paying overwhelming taxes are not the only options left for the American people. Fortunately, there is another way. tax reduction The Roth-Kem- p bill which I have would reduce tax rates It would encourage the subterranean economy to across-the-boar- surface, thus actually the powerful incentive which now exists for .individuals to cheat on their income taxes. It is critical that we move now to pass this bill. Taxpayers demand relief - not tinkering, or redistribution of income. And only a major and sweeping tax cut can accomplish this. economy. Of course, government can tighten the reins. It can hire more tax collectors, increase I "WKERE THE made em first. make em last."' We We PK1CLS START I1YEI MEETS THE SELLER AT $159.95 The WEED EATER Family can cut it. 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